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championship in 1981. As a player at Ole Miss, Tuohy was named All-SEC in each of his four seasons. He was named to the All-Century SEC team and is the only basketball player in the history of the SEC to lead a statistical category for four years, as he did with assists. Tuohy holds the record for
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alleging that Tuohy and his wife did not adopt him and tricked him to signing a conservatorship. Tuohy's confirmed it was a conservatorship. He stated they did not trick Oher. Instead, it was done to ease the NCAA's concerns over the Tuohys being
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to play baseball, but turned down the offer to attend college. With sports as his "meal ticket" through high school and college, Tuohy left New
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fraternity, played basketball, and also met his future wife Leigh Anne.
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Tuohy and his wife owned 115 fast food franchises, including those of
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The Blind Side True Story – Real Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher
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Tuohy and his wife are also the co-authors of the book,
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