José Waitman (born April 28, 1964 – April 17, 2013) was an American former

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player. Standing at 6 ft 8 (2.03 m) and 220 lbs (100 kg), he was a

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. He played four seasons of collegiate basketball for

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, from 1982 to 1986. In the 1986–87 season, Waitman played professionally in the Dutch

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for

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(then named Direktbank Noordkop). He won the

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award of the league. From 1988 to 1989, Waitman played for

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of the

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, where he averaged 18.8 points per game. In the same season, he also played in France with Toulouse of the

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. The next season, Waitman played for

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of the second-tier

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. In 1998–99, Waitman played with

Maccabi Ra'anana Maccabi Ra'anana () is a professional basketball club that is based in Ra'anana, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli National League, the second-tier division league of Israel. History Maccabi Ra'anana was founded in 1980. The team won the Isra ...

, averaging 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game. His son

Corliss Waitman Corliss Leendert Waitman is a Belgian-born American football punter for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Alabama. Early life Waitman's mother's family is from Suriname. His fathe ...

also attended South Alabama. Instead of playing basketball, Corliss ended up in the NFL as a punter. He currently plays for the

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