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McGuire played three years of basketball at St. John's Prep, then located in Brooklyn, New York (graduated 1947), [4] and went on to star at St. John's University (1947–1951), where he played for four years and captained the 1951 team that posted a 26–5 mark and finished third in the NIT.
William Quinn Buckner (born August 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national championship in 1976. He was a captain of both the last undefeated NCAA Division I basketball champion and the 1976 Olympics gold medal team.
John Havlicek. Havlicek was in his third year with the Celtics, and had already won two NBA championships with the team under coach Red Auerbach.In a run that would span a total of 11 championships in 15 years (including four before Havlicek joined the team) with center Bill Russell among a lineup of future Hall of Fame members, Auerbach singled out his swingman Havlicek as the "guts of the ...
The 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, also referred to as NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, were chosen in 1996 to honor the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was the third anniversary team in the league. [1]
He also became famous for his shot-blocking skills and pundits called his blocks "Wilsonburgers", referring to the Wilson NBA basketballs he "shoved back into the faces of opposing shooters". [68] This skill allowed the other Celtics to play their men aggressively; if they were beaten, they knew that Russell was guarding the basket. [68]
The original rules of basketball written by James Naismith in 1891, considered to be basketball's founding document, was auctioned at Sotheby's, New York, in December 2010. Josh Swade , a University of Kansas alumnus and basketball enthusiast, went on a crusade in 2010 to persuade moneyed alumni to consider bidding on and hopefully winning the ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Among the most graceful basketball players ever, [112] Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever and one of the greatest players in NBA history; [8] he was voted the best center of all time by ESPN ahead of Wilt Chamberlain in 2007, [202] and ranked No. 4 in Slam ' s "Top 100 Players Of All-Time" in 2018, [203] and No. 3 in ESPN ...