DAVID THORNTON WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLEM WHICH IS IN MANHATTAN NEW YORK CITY. HE ATTENDED FASHION INDUSTRIES HIGH SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO LOUIS D BRANDEIS IN ORDER TO GET MORE EXPOSURE IN THE BASKETBALL WORLD. HE WAS AWARDED HONORABLE MENTION ALL CITY AND HONORABLE MENTION ALL AMERICAN WHILE PLAYING THERE.

HE ATTENDED COOKE COUNTY JR. COLLEGE IN GAINESVILLE TEXAS WHERE HE WAS A FIRST TEAM CANDIDATE TWO YEARS IN A ROWAND AFTER GRADUATING HE ACCEPTED AN OFFER FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED IN 1981. HE WAS OFFERED TWO FFREE AGENT INVITATIONS FROM THE NBA TO PURSUE THE NBA , ONE FROM THE LOS ANGELAS LAKERS AND THE OTHER FROM THE WASHINGTON BULLETS. HE WAS OFFERED A POSITION WITH INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND WORKED FOR ICE CAPADES AND THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS. AFTER TWO YEARS HE JOINED ON WITHE THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION AND WORKED 26 YEARS WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES BEFORE RETIRING. HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER VIILORII , A BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER DAMONII AND A BEAUTIFUL WIFE  NAMED CARMEN WITH TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN ASHLEY AND MARCUS WHO I MA PROUD TO CALL MY STEP CHILDREN…