When Tom Amberry swished in his 2,750th consecutive free throw, there were all of 10 people watching history being made. For 12 hours in a small rec center gym in Orange County, the retired Long Beach ...

In this July 24, 2002, photo Dr. Tom Amberry shoots a free throw in Seal Beach, Calif. Amberry, a California podiatrist who made history in 1993 when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws, has died.

It took 12 hours and 2,750 shots for Dr. Tom Amberry, a 71-year-old retired California podiatrist, to set the world record for free throws consecutively shot and made. Over and over, 10 bored ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A Grand Forks native who once held the world record for shooting the most consecutive free throws has died. Dr. Tom Amberry, a retired podiatrist, died March 18 in Long Beach, ...

Tom Amberry, the Long Beach podiatrist who took up free-throw shooting as a hobby in retirement and ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records after making 2,750 consecutive shots in a Seal Beach ...

'I could have made more — a lot more,' Amberry said about that record day in 1993. 'But they were closing the gym, so they kicked me out' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

The Long Beach sports landscape lost a unique figure March 18, as retired podiatrist and world free throw champion Dr. Tom Amberry died of natural causes. He was 94. Amberry opened his own podiatry ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A California podiatrist who made history when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws has died. He was 94. Dr. Tom Amberry died in Long Beach on March 18, said his granddaughter, ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A California podiatrist who made history when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws has died. He was 94. Dr. Tom Amberry died in Long Beach on March 18, said his granddaughter, ...

LONG BEACH — A California podiatrist who made history when he shot 2,750 consecutive free throws has died. He was 94. Dr. Tom Amberry died in Long Beach on March 18, said his granddaughter, Roxanne ...