Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association . Horford played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was the starting center on the Florida Gators teams that won backtoback NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He also plays for the Dominican Republic national team.
Horford was born in the city of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Both Horford and his father, Tito Horford, were recruited for basketball. Tito, whose father was a Bahamian immigrant, was recruited by Marian Christian High School in Houston and attended Louisiana State and Miami before being drafted in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft. He played three years in the NBA and several more overseas. Horfords mother, Arelis Reynoso, was a journalist.
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