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Chapters: Elgin Baylor, Eddie O'brien, Johnny O'brien, Ron Howard, Plummer Lott, Eddie Miles, Clint Richardson, Jr., John Tresvant, Jawann Oldham, Charlie Williams, Frank Oleynick. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers. Baylor was a gifted shooter, strong rebounder, and an accomplished passer. Renowned for his acrobatic maneuvers on the court, Baylor regularly dazzled Lakers fans with his trademark hanging jump shots. The No. 1 draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, and an 11-time NBA All-Star, he is regarded as one of the game's all-time greatest players. In 1977, Baylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Baylor spent twenty-two years as GM of the Los Angeles Clippers, being named the NBA Executive of the Year in 2006, before being relieved of his duties slightly before the 2008-09 season began. Elgin "Rabbit" Baylor had two basketball playing brothers, Sal and Kermit. After stints at Southwest Boys Club and Brown Jr. High, Baylor was a 3 time All City player in High School. Elgin played his first 2 years at Phelps in the '51 and '52 basketball seasons where he set his first area scoring record of 44 points vs Cardozo. During his 2 All City years at Phelps he averaged 18.5 and 27.6 points per season. He did not perform well academically and dropped out of school ('52-'53) to work in a furniture store and to play basketball in the local recreational leagues. Baylor reappeared for the '54 season playing for the newly opened Spingarn High School and the 6'5, 190 lb senior was name...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=419485 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2072 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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Here's a rare one: Converse's 50th anniversary year book. It is clean w/faint rubbing to edges. Apparently a coach used it as 5 pages are neatly underlined w/tiny playing notes. 1958 All-American selections include pictures of Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson. Articles include Developing a Moving Offense, Pet Plays of Top Coaches, Evolution of Basketball, and Defense Still Has Its Place in Basketball plus statistics and photos of the top HS and college basketball teams with a feature article on the 1958 World Champs, the St. Louis Hawks. ... Read more

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Chapters: John Paxson, Jerry West, Red Auerbach, Pat Riley, Kevin Mchale, Don Nelson, Elgin Baylor, Danny Ainge, Jerry Krause, Steve Kerr, Joe Dumars, Mike Dunleavy, Sr., Bryan Colangelo, Ernie Grunfeld, Danny Ferry, Dan Issel, Kiki Vandeweghe, Wayne Embry, Rob Babcock, Donnie Nelson, Mitch Kupchak, Kevin Pritchard, Otis Smith, M. L. Carr, Stan Kasten, Jeff Bower, Geoff Petrie, Larry Harris, Chris Wallace, Rick Sund, Rod Thorn, Donnie Walsh, Rod Higgins, Jim Lynam, Ed Stefanski, David Kahn, Mark Warkentien, Sam Presti, Dick Vertlieb, R. C. Buford, Larry Riley, Billy King, Gar Forman, Randy Pfund, John Hammond, Kevin O'connor, David Morway, Jim Stack, Zollie Volchok. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 234. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Selected by Los Angeles Lakers Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch" for his ability to make a big play in a clutch situation; "The Logo" in reference to his silhouette being incorporated into the NBA logo; and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" after the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. Playing the small forward position early in his career, West was a standout at East Bank High School and at West Virginia University, leading the WVU Mountaineers to the 1959 NCAA championship game, earning Most Valuable Player honors despite the loss. He then embarked on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and was the co-captain of the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team in Rome. Wests NBA career was highly successful. Playing the guard position as a professional, he was voted 12 times into the All-NBA First and Second Teams, was elected into the NBA All-Star Team ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=331363 ... Read more

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Chapters: Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, James White, Elgin Baylor, Dave Bing, Eddie Jordan, Jamelle Elliott, Keith Bogans, Adrian Dantley, Austin Carr, Dermarr Johnson, Roger Mason, Roy Hibbert, Kevin Broadus, John Lucas Iii, Johnny Dawkins, Dennis Felton, Patrick Patterson, Blue Edwards, Louis Bullock, Walt Williams, Tim Legler, Randolph Childress, Sherman Douglas, Lawrence Moten, Adrian Branch, Donald Hodge, Donell Taylor, Anthony Jones, John Battle, John Duren, Bernie Williams, Michael Smith (Basketball, Born 1972), Bill Martin, Tom Sluby, John Turner. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 138. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988 in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. A 6'9" small forward/shooting guard who is also capable of playing power forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the 20062007 Big 12 Player of the Year, amongst other awards. After his freshman season at the University of Texas, Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft, where he was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. There he went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after his debut season. In 2007, Durant signed an endorsement contract with Nike. A basketball player from his earliest days, Durant played for a successful Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball team, the PG Jaguars. The Jaguars won multiple national championships with Durant and fellow future blue chip recruits Michael Beasley (Miami Heat) and Chris Braswell (UNC-Charlotte). Durant wore, and continues to wear, the #35 jersey in honor of his childhood mentor and AAU coach, Charles Craig, who was murdered at age 35. Durant later moved on to play AAU basketball with fellow McDonald's ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6933101 ... Read more