Phog
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-8571-2 (ISBN)
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Remembered in name but underappreciated in legacy, Forrest “Phog” Allen arguably influenced the game of basketball more than anyone else.
In the first half of the twentieth century Allen took basketball from a gentlemanly, indoor recreation to the competitive game that would become a worldwide sport. Succeeding James Naismith as the University of Kansas’s basketball coach in 1907, Allen led the Jayhawks for thirty-nine seasons and holds the record for most wins at that school, with 590. He also helped create the NCAA tournament and brought basketball to the Olympics. Allen changed the way the game is played, coached, marketed, and presented.
Scott Morrow Johnson reveals Allen as a master recruiter, a transformative coach, and a visionary basketball mind. Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Wilt Chamberlain, and many others benefited from Allen’s knowledge of and passion for the game. But Johnson also delves into Allen’s occasionally tumultuous relationships with Naismith, the NCAA, and University of Kansas administrators.
Phog: The Most Influential Man in Basketball chronicles this complex man’s life, telling for the first time the full story of the man whose name is synonymous with Kansas basketball and with the game itself.
Scott Morrow Johnson is an award-winning sportswriter whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune.
Foreword Acknowledgments Prologue: From Naismith to Wilt 1. Running from Independence 2. The "World's Championship" 3. A Man Named Jim 4. The Hero Arrives 5. The Game Can Be Coached 6. Call Him Doc 7. A Teacher among Teachers 8. Once a Jayhawk 9. Ascent to New Heights 10. A Bitter Winter 11. The Day the Game Arrived 12. Stepping Out of the Shadow 13. A Greater Calling 14. The Fall of a Legend 15. Rising from the Ashes 16. Just Like Any Other Game Day 17. Searching for Gold 18. The Improbable Return 19. The King Gets His Castle 20. The Biggest Fish 21. Wanting One More Year 22. The Sparkle of a Diamond 23. Pay Heed, All Who Enter Epilogue: Shining On Notes Bibliography Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.11.2016 |
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| Vorwort | Judy Allen Morris |
| Zusatzinfo | 26 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8032-8571-X / 080328571X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-8571-2 / 9780803285712 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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