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Phil McGraw Biography
Birth Name:
Phillip C. McGraw
Birth Place:
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States
Profession
Talk-show host, author, psychologist
Fast Facts
- Went to the University of Tulsa on a football scholarship, but transferred to Midwestern State University after an injury
- Spent 10 years working in a private psychology practice with his father
- First of many books, Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters, was published in 1999
- Sesame Street puppet Dr
- Feel is modeled after him
- Dr
- Phil Foundation helps provide disadvantaged and foster children with education, housing, job training and medical and mental health services
- Appeared on a 2010 episode of the Tennis Channel's Celebrity Tennis to discuss his obsession with the game
Relationships
- Debbie Higgins McCall -- Ex-wife
- Joe McGraw -- Father
- Jerry McGraw -- Mother