American basketball player (born 1956)
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Kent Washington (born 10 January 1956)[1] is a former professional basketball player who was the first American as well as the first black professional basketball player to play behind the Iron Curtain.[2][3][4]
He won the Polish Cup in 1983.[5]
His popularity was so great in PRL-era Poland during his 5 seasons there between 1978 and 1983[2] that it was dubbed "Kentomania".[4][6] Reportedly soldiers assigned to crack down on public gatherings as part of a national martial law decree would abandon their tanks to seek his autograph.[3] He also appeared in the Polish cult film Miś.[7]