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Manute Bol may have played in NBA at age 50
"I gave him his birthday because they didn't know how old he was," Mackey, now a scout with the Indiana Pacers, told ZAGSBLOG.
But Mackey says Bol was probably much older and could have been in his 40s or even 50s when he played in the NBA. According to Wikipedia, Manute played in the NBA from his early 20s until his early 30s for various teams, including the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers.
“It was in October, I wanted to make it after Sept. 1,” Mackey said. “I wanted to make sure he was young enough because he didn’t have an age. I think he was [in his 40s], I really do. But there’s no way of ever really knowing.”
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/11/21/report-manute-bols-birthday-was-made-up-may-have-played-in-nba-at-age-50/
Similar questions about the real age of Dikembe Mutombo persisted throughout his career too and we've even seen similar with our own Thon Maker.