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Brief biographies stressing the careers of basketball stars Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, and Oscar Robertson. ... Read more

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Brief biographies of three prominent basketball stars renowned for their skill and height. ... Read more

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"Think you know all there is to know about Wilt Chamberlain? Well, did you know that:
*He holds the record for most rebounds in a single NBA game?
*He is a member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame?
*He played for the Harlem Globetrotters before joining the NBA?
Wilt Chamberlain is perhaps best known as the only player in the history of the NBA to score 100 points in a single basketball game. But Chamberlain's success extends to more than a single game. In college, he led the Kansas Jayhawks to the NCAA title game and later he played with two NBA championship-winning teams. In addition to being a major force in basketball, Chamberlain loved volleyball and track and field, and he even appeared in a Hollywood movie. Learn more about the man who dominated his sport like no other in this lively biography." ... 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 3545 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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Chapters: Jim Thorpe, Pete Maravich, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Gerry Mcnamara, Rasheed Wallace, Skip Prosser, Hakim Warrick, Swin Cash, Dejuan Blair, Matt Carroll, Donyell Marshall, Dick Groat, Dawn Staley, Sean Singletary, Richard Hamilton, Edna Campbell, Jameer Nelson, Sean Miller, Ronald Murray, Aaron Mckie, Lisa Salters, Earl Monroe, Malik Rose, Eddie Griffin, Walt Hazzard, Ashley Battle, Dionte Christmas, John Salmons, Hank Gathers, John Lucas Iii, Joe Bryant, Paul Arizin, Jon Robert Holden, Armen Gilliam, Mustafa Shakur, Aaron Gray, Bob Davies, Rasual Butler, Lynn Greer, Rodney White, Danny Fortson, Bo Kimble, Kyle Lowry, Mardy Collins, Sam Clancy, Jr., Jeff Bower, Bob Weiss, Geoff Petrie, Gene Guarilia, Matt Walsh, Lionel Simmons, Marc Jackson, Joe Colone, Alvin Williams, Paul Grant, Bob Sura, Wayne Hightower, Mark Davis, Jack Mccloskey, Doug West, Jerome Allen, Michael-Hakim Jordan, Gilbert Brown, Gene Banks, Steven Smith, Mike Iuzzolino, John Allen, Ken Durrett, Larry Stewart, Pat Cummings, Andrew Panko, Sean Colson, Wali Jones, Ray Scott, Hank Siemiontkowski, Askia Jones, Pooh Richardson, Del Beshore, Aaron Owens, Doug Overton, John Abramovic, Tiffany Stansbury, Chubby Cox, Art Spector, Brant Weidner, Harry Zeller, Monte Ross, Lari Ketner, Tom Piotrowski, Dave Feitl, Ron Carter, Johnny Baum, Jim Baechtold, Michael Green (Basketball, Born 1985), Shawn Harvey, Dave Popson, Bill Mlkvy, Jimmie Baker, Emanual Davis, Randy Woods, Ernie Beck, Nate Blackwell, Myron Brown, Eric Hill. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 411. 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: Harlem Globetrotters (19581959)Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (19591965)Philadelphia 76ers (19651968)Los Angeles Lakers (19681973) Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 October 12, 1999) was an American profes...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=255645 ... Read more

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At the age of twenty-two, I took a job as a physical education teacher and basketball coach at Overbrook High School, where one of my players was Wilt Chamberlain. Having coached one of the best basketball players to have ever played the game is a great accomplishment, but Cecil Mosenson has a bigger story to tell. In It All Began with Wilt the reader gets to see the power of a coach, the power of a man, and the power of a friend. Armed with the ability to coach and teach, Cecil worked his way through highly acclaimed and successful coaching positions, awards on every level, administrative opportunities, and, ultimately, into the lives of countless teenagers. His kids still thank him for the impact that he hadin sports and life. His inspiration now extends past the court into a wonderfully wrought memoir. Cecil Mosenson shares his life of coachingstarting with Wilt. ... Read more

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A Great Coach and an Outstanding Teacher
This book begins with a short discussion of the early career of Cecil Mosenson.We learn about his basketball success at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, his dedicated learning about coaching skills, his abbreviated basketball career at Temple University, his other short stint in the Eastern Professional League, and his degree in physical education from Temple.As a senior, Cecil got a break -- to be a student teacher at his former high school, Overbrook.Thanks to a fortuitous occurrence, once he graduated from Temple, he got the job as basketball coach at Overbrook.And there greeting him was Wilt Chamberlain, who was already a junior and an acknowledged star destined for future greatness.At this point in the story, we learn about how this young coach managed the boy wonder, Wilt Chamberlain and how they affected each other.Later, Wilt went to Kansas University, and how that occurred is a story in itself.For me, who in the summer of 1955, worked with Wilt Chamberlain at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, NY, and met Cecil Mosenson, who was an assistant basketball coach to the legendary, Red Auerbach, this book was a real eye-opener.After the short interlude with Wilt, the rest of the book is written as a series of anecdotes, but they easily flow into each other.The reader learns about a man who not only became a great basketball coach but also an outstanding teacher.To conclude, Cecil Mosenson is an inspiration and a role model for all aspiring coaches and teachers.

Memoirs of a High School Coach
This book is not about Wilt; it is about Cecil Mosenson.It is a short (143 pages) anecdotal autobiography of Mosenson's 50-year career as a high school educator and basketball coach.The anchor of the book is the segment about Wilt Chamberlain, who was a junior at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia at the time the author was appointed to coach the basketball team.Especially interesting in this segment is the description of the efforts of Phog Allen, coach of Kansas University, and other college basketball powers to recruit Chamberlain for their schools.

Mosenson suffered through a 3-year hiatus in his career when he helped out his father by working in the father's delicatessen.Returning to high school coaching, he found a job in a suburban school.After 15 years at that school, Mosenson shifted to the administration end of education, ultimately becoming principal of a junior high school in a prestigious Philadelphia suburb.A dozen years later, he gravitated back to coaching basketball at another suburban high school.Even after retirement, he spent six years coaching, this time a ninth grade girls basketball team.He illustrates the difference between coaching girls and coaching boys with a story from his last coaching assignment.He put Heather in the game and told her to be sure that she and Kelly discussed their respective defensive assignments.Heather responded, "I am not speaking to Kelly."

Coach M tells his story mainly through summary anecdotes.This anecdotal approach makes for interesting reading.The anecdotes are supplemented by what he calls "reflections," short personal notes that he has received from some of his former players.These notes add a personal touch to the memoir.Another positive touch is the inclusion of many photographs, most of them high quality photos.

As you might expect of a book that is both short and summary in nature, there is not much detail.The lack of specificity sometimes makes it difficult to understand the relevant time frame.For example, Coach M states that he started at Overbrook High School in the fall of 1952 and there is a photo of him with the 1952-53 basketball team.But the 1952-53 team was coached by Sam Cozen, and Wilt was then in his sophomore year. (Wilt was a junior when Mosenson first coached him.)Lack of detail is not a serious flaw; it is just annoying at times.The book is eminently readable.

It is an interesting memoir.
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Presents a biography of the 7-foot basketball player who set many NBA scoring records during his long career. ... Read more

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'Pro Basketball: Its Superstars and History' contains a comprehensive record of the National Basketball Association from its birth to 1971. ... Read more

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Basketball's Best Major League Players, Nba Pictorial Review ... 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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Authoritative, informative, and entertaining, Wilt is the first standard biography about this American legend—the unique and unforgettable Wilt Chamberlain. One of the 20th century’s greatest and most controversial athletes, Wilt also had an intensely private side that the author uncovers through years of interviews with the people closest to Wilt up until the time of his death in 1999. This groundbreaking work successfully captures Wilt Chamberlain the man, while also closely examining the better-known myths that surrounded him throughout his life. ... Read more

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In this case, you gotta love Goliath.
I often have and still here how people talk about Michael Jordan being the greatest of all-time, but Wilt was the one who changed the rules of the game. He was so dominant that they had to make it where you couldn't even be in the lane for 3 seconds. Plus, you couldn't touch the ball while it was on the cylinder of the rim. Now how dominant is that. Besides, this man scored a 100 points in a game and averaged 50.4 points that same season. Unfortunately, Wilt didn't always have the personnel around him to beat the Celtics. This book is a must have for any aficionado of sports. May the "Big Dipper" rest in peace.

Wilt!
Robert Cherry takes anecdotes from famous and regular people whose lives' intertwined with Wilt Chamberlain, and mixes them in with his narrative summary of the legend's life and statistics to form a biography that entertains while never sensationalizing.Anyone interested in the NBA or college basketball is going to find this book to be a captivating read.

Highly recommended, but be aware that the one thing the book lacks is a statistical record of Wilt's collegiate and NBA career.

Somebody does love GOLIATH
Wilt Chamberlain once said "Nobody loves Goliath. I'm here to say that after reading "Wilt, Larger than Life" I refute that. The book gave an indepth look at not only Wilt the basketball icon, but Wilt the person. It explored relationships he established outside of basketball and how he maintained those frendships until his untimely death. After reading the book I also had more appreciation for Wilt the basketball player. I feel that not only was he one of the greatest players of all time, but he met and exceeded all of the expectations that were placed on him when he very well could and was in some cases viewed as a freak of nature.

I loved this book
At the risk of sounding redundant.This book was great and gives a lot of insight into a very fascinating individual.Personally I could have done with less information on what exactly happened in the quarters of key basketball games and more on the other things that Wilt did throughout his life.However this was still a good purchase, worthwhile read, and I am very greatful for the author to have taken the time and effort to write this book.

Wilts buddy Bob Kashey
Great book. I loved every page except page 155. That Bob Kashey character can't be real.I know a Bob Kashey that hangs out at Chile's in Lake Mary, Florida and this can't be him although he keeps insisting it is. In any case, it is a great book, well worth the investment. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : James Naismith, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, Wilt Chamberlain, Dražen Petrović, Mike Krzyzewski, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Adrian Dantley, Pete Maravich, Magic Johnson, John Wooden, Pat Summitt, Clyde Drexler, Nancy Lieberman, Phil Jackson, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Larry Brown, Krešimir Ćosić, Julius Erving, Pat Riley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Connie Hawkins, Dominique Wilkins, Aleksandr Gomelski, John Stockton, Calvin Murphy, Larry Bird, Harlem Globetrotters, Jerry Colangelo, Dino Meneghin, Dražen Dalipagić, Oscar Robertson, Ouliana Semionova, Dave Bing, Bill Walton, Tom Heinsohn, William Davidson, Nate Archibald, Jerry West, Hortência Marcari, Ann Meyers, Clyde Lovellette, Kevin Mchale, Cliff Hagan, James Worthy, Frank Ramsey, Billy Cunningham, Henry Iba, Elgin Baylor, Dan Issel, George Mikan, Nate Thurmond, Jack Ramsay, Moses Malone, Rick Barry, Lenny Wilkens, Dave Debusschere, Bob Lanier, Aleksandar Nikolić, Wayne Embry, Bob Davies, Walter Kennedy, Bob Mcadoo, Renato William Jones, George Gervin, Red Holzman, George Yardley, Walt Frazier, Anne Donovan, Tom Gola, John Thompson, Jerry Sloan, Wes Unseld, Red Auerbach, Earl Lloyd, Pedro Ferrándiz, K.c. Jones, Elvin Hayes, Maurice Stokes, Robert Parish, Earl Monroe, Walt Bellamy, Alex English, Joe Fulks, Walter Brown, Borislav Stanković, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard, Les Harrison, Slater Martin, Bill Sharman, New York Celtics, Utep Miners, Jack Twyman, Ed Macauley, Chuck Daly, Bill Bradley, Andy Phillip, Neil Johnston, Bailey Howell, Buffalo Germans, Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Dick Mcguire, Bob Pettit, Dave Cowens, Bobby Wanzer, Lynette Woodard, Van Chancellor, Al Cervi, Willis Reed, C. Vivian Stringer, Dolph Schayes, Bobby Knight, Dean Smit...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more