What is Roy Tarpley?
'''Roy James Tarpley''' (November 28, 1964 – January 9, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] professional [[basketball]] player. He played the [[power forward (basketball)|power forward]] and [[center (basketball)|center]] positions, earning an [[NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award]] in [[1987-88 NBA season|1988]]. Tarpley became known during his career for being banned from the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] because of his drug and alcohol abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gunaxin.com/top-ten-athletes-who-damaged-their-careers-with-drug-abuse/2434/2 |title=Athletes Who Damaged Their Careers With Drug Abuse |access-date=2015-01-10 |archive-date=2011-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807091146/http://www.gunaxin.com/top-ten-athletes-who-damaged-their-careers-with-drug-abuse/2434/2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had some success playing in Europe. Tarpley was born in [[New York City]] and died in [[Arlington, Texas]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarpley, Roy}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:African-American basketball players]] [[Category:Dallas Mavericks players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New York City]] [[Category:American basketball players]]