Sean Albro Tuohy, an American sports pundit, and restaurateur, was born on November 23, 1959.

In the 1980s, he participated in college basketball at the University of Mississippi.

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, written by Michael Lewis in 2006, and its 2009 feature film adaption, The Blind Side, starring Tim McGraw as Tuohy, are about Tuohy, his wife Leigh Anne, and their family. The National Football League (NFL) player Michael Oher, who played in the NFL from 2009 to 2016, was raised by the Tuohys, who are the subject of the book and accompanying movie.

Prior to selling the majority in six different transactions, Tuohy and his wife controlled 115 fast food franchises, including those of Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and Long John Silver’s. Currently, they only possess 11.

Since 2001, Tuohy has also served as a broadcaster for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. He has worked as a radio broadcast commentator for Westwood One and CBS Radio as well as for radio broadcasts at Ole Miss for seven years.

In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, a book written by Tuohy and his wife, was published in 2010

In 1982, Tuohy wed Leigh Anne; the pair has three children together.

Sean Tuohy children: Sean Tuohy Jr., Michael Oher, Collins Tuohy

They have one daughter, Collins, who was a state champion pole vaulter and cheerleader at the University of Mississippi, and two sons, Sean Jr., a guard for the Loyola Greyhounds, and former NFL player Michael Oher, whom they adopted when he was 17.

Former American football offensive tackle Michael Jerome Oher (born May 28, 1986) spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mostly with the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the University of Mississippi, where he was taken by the Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft and received unanimous All-American accolades. He also participated for the Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans.

One of the subjects of Michael Lewis’ 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and the star of the Academy Award-winning 2009 film The Blind Side was Oher’s life during his senior year of high school and first year of college.

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