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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781933370033
ISBN: 1933370033
Label: Reedy Press
Manufacturer: Reedy Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: Reedy Press
Sales Rank: 882341
Studio: Reedy Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Full Court tells the story of an often-forgotten but remarkable time in St. Louis sports history—the era of the NBA’s St. Louis Hawks. Author Greg Maracek has woven together a compilation of interviews from the Hawks players to deliver a history of a former perennial power in the National Basketball Association. Between 1955 and 1968, pro basketball closely rivaled the attention—and at times outstripped the success—of baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals. A storied rivalry with the fabled Boston Celtics is credited by many as the single most important catalyst to the national growth of NBA interest. Names of Hawks’ stars became legendary to basketball fans. Leading the way is Hall of Fame superstar Bob Pettit, the first player to score 20,000 points—and later 25,000—in a career. Other Hall of Fame Hawks include Cliff Hagan, Slater Martin, Len Wilkens, and “Easy” Ed Macauley. Pettit’s 50-point performance in the 1958 championship game, NBA doubleheaders at Kiel Auditorium, owner Ben Kerner’s sometimes wild and wacky postgame promotions, division and conference titles, sold-out crowds, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy, and one incredible St. Louis World Championship season makes for riveting reading not only for fans of St. Louis sports but also for lovers of NBA lore.
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This is a most entertaining book because it reads like a novel but accurately records the history of a great St. Louis team. The explicit play-by-play story of the big games is fascinating, and the minute detail of day by day life in the NBA of the times is extraordinary. This book serves a purpose to society in St. Louis filling in gap in sports history never before revealed in book form. Sensational story and pictures!
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This book finally answers questions I have had for years about the history of the St. Louis Hawks, and the city that got them from Milwaukee, and lost them to Atlanta. To be fair, I grew up in St. Louis and just got my drivers license during the 1958-1959 Hawks season. I must have seen over 50 games from that time until I went to college. Bob Pettit was (and still is) a great hero of mine. So, this book is a real find for me.
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