Ben Wallace was born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama.  He is an NBA player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nicknamed Big Ben and The Body, he plays center and power forward.  He is 6 ft 9 in. and is 240 lb. He is a four-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, and is one of the finest defensive players in the game.  On July 13, 2006, Wallace signed a four-year $60 million contract with the Chicago Bulls. On February 21, 2008, Wallace was involved in a 3-team deal and traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ben Wallace first played college basketball on the junior college level at Cuyahoga Community College for two years. He then transferred to Virginia Union, a Division II school, where he studied criminal justice. As an undrafted player, he was signed as a rookie free agent by the Washington Bullets on October 2, 1996 after playing in Italy.