Landry Fields

07/13/2011 – Landry Fields – 19th Annual ESPY Awards – Arrivals – Nokia Theathre – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Koi Sojer / PR Photos

Birth Name: Landry Addison Fields

Place of Birth: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: June 27, 1988

Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – Scottish, other

Landry Fields is an American professional basketball player and college scout. He played for the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks. He is 6′7″.

Landry is the son of Janice and Steve Fields, who played collegiate basketball. His father is African-American. His mother is white. His cousin is professional basketball player Cameron Jones. Landry is married to model Elaine Alden, with whom he has three children. He is a Christian.

Landry’s paternal grandfather was named James R. Fields, Sr.

Landry’s paternal grandmother was Cecilia L. Barker (the daughter of Joseph W. Barker and Mary Elphia). Cecilia was born in Virginia.

Landry’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Armstrong.

Source: Obituary of Landry’s paternal grandmother, Cecilia L. (Barker) Fields – http://www.legacy.com