
Cousy
His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basket
Bill Reynolds(Author)
Gallery (Publisher)
Published on 20. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4767-4616-6 (ISBN)
Description
It was an era when the game was played for the love of it, and a fledgling NBA struggled for mainstream attention. Bob Cousy was at the heart of basketball's emergence as premier entertainment, a dynamo whose talent and ingenuity dazzled fans and players. The MVP of the 1957 season and veteran of six NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, his trademark behind-the-back dribble and no-look pass gave us basketball as no one had seen it before -- a one-man revolution that set the stage for Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, and others. Here is the fascinating, in-depth story of Cousy's life -- his tenement childhood, his drives and motivations, his little-known personal life, and his record-breaking career -- set against one of the most exciting generations in sports history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16 pg bw insert
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4767-4616-6 (9781476746166)
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E-Book
05/2010
1st Edition
Pocket Books
€15.81
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Person
Bill Reynolds, coauthor of Success Is a Choice with Rick Pitino, has won numerous awards for his columns in The Providence Journal. The author of several books, including Fall River Dreams and Glory Days, he lives in Providence, Rhode Island.