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Basketball history in Syracuse : hoops roots /

Title
Basketball history in Syracuse : hoops roots / Mark Allen Baker.
Author
Baker, Mark Allen.
Publication
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.

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Description
190 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction: A nationals medley: people, places, and things -- Part I: A prelude -- Basket ball -- Syracuse nationals, 1946-1949: the NBL years -- Part II: The Syracuse nationals -- The franchise's first star, 1949-1954 -- The gut-wrenching championship, 1954-1955 -- A big-league team in a small town, 1955-1959 -- Nats Wilt after Chamberlain arrives, 1959-1961 -- The sixties, 1961-1963 -- A cognitive transition -- Part III: The Syracuse legacy -- The 24-second clock -- The calls from Springfield -- Professional basketball, Syracuse style.
ISBN
  • 9781596299832
  • 1596299835
LCCN
2010033158
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library