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Danny Ferry - Doris Day Connection
You've heard it before...you know somone that knows someone that knows
someone... The Cavaliers put the "six degrees of separation" theory to a
test and linked Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry to actress Doris Day. Find out how the players on the
Cavaliers hardwood and Hollywood are linked in the eighth edition of
Cavaliers Connections.
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Danny Ferry's father is former NBA player and Washington Bullets General Manager Bob Ferry.
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Bob Ferry played for the Detroit Pistons under head coach Dick McGuire from 1960-63. |
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Dick McGuire was named to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
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Jimmy Carter was succeeded by Ronald Reagan for the office of president in 1980.
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Ronald Reagan was in Storm Warning (1951) with movie star / singer Doris Day.
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Other correct connections:
Danny Ferry was on the San Antonio Spurs with Steve Kerr from 1999-2001 > Steve Kerr spent many years on the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan >
Michael Jordan appeared in Spike Lee's film, "He Got Game," with former NFL
great, Jim Brown > Jim Brown appeared with actor George Kennedy in the classic, "The Dirty
Dozen." > George Kennedy appeared opposite Doris Day in the 1967 western, "The Ballad
of Josie." Submitted by Jim Saunders (Santa Monica, CA)
Danny Ferry was teammates with David Robinson on the San Antonio Spurs >
David Robinson appeared as himself on the 1991 special 'Voices that Care' along with actress Sally Field >
Sally Field played Carrie in 'Smokey and the Bandit II' where Dom DeLuise played Doc >
Dom DeLuise voiced Tiger in 'An American Tail: Fievel Goes West' and James Stewart voiced the character Wylie Burp >
James Stewart starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classic 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' as Dr. Ben McKenna, where Jo McKenna was played by Doris Day.
Submitted by Joseph Gennaro
Danny Ferry played on the San Antonio Spurs in the 2000-01 season with David Robinson
David Robinson was in "Forget Paris" (1995) with Cathy Moriarty
Cathy Moriarity was in "Welcome to Hollywood" (2000) with Will Smith
Will Smith was in "The Legend of Bagger Vance" with Jack Lemmon.
Jack Lemmon was in "It Happened to Jane" (1959) with Doris Day. Submitted by Joshua Fong
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Photo credits: Danny Ferry - Bruce Wimbish / Cavaliers Photo, Bob Ferry - NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images, Dick McGuire - Photo Library/NBAE via Getty Images, Jimmy Carter - Rick Diamond, Ronald Reagan - Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images, David Spade - Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE/Getty Images)
Copyright: 2003 NBAE
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