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UNINA9910797488603321 |
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Bayne Bijan C. |
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Titolo |
Elgin Baylor : the man who changed basketball / / Bijan C. Bayne ; with a foreword by Bob Ryan |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Basketball players - United States |
Basketball coaches - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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From streetball to Spingarn -- Superstar or secret schoolboy? -- "I was scared to death, it was my first flight." -- How the West was won -- I am not an animal put in a cage -- New frontiers: the NBA's first modern player -- The first superstar -- A leader of men -- "The more I was determined to prove the doctors wrong" -- Wilt: the unlucky number 13 -- Jazz duet -- Clipper command -- Rabbit redux. |
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This is the biography of NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor, an innovator in his sport, a civil rights trailblazer, and a superstar. It is the story of how a kid from the streets of segregated Washington, DC, who didn't attend college until he was over twenty, revolutionized basketball. |
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UNINA9910135508303321 |
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Titolo |
Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church |
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[Austin, Tex.] : , : [Church Historical Society], , [1932-1986] |
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Protestantyzm |
Periodicals. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Periodico |
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Editors: 1932-49, E.C. Chorley; 1950-61, W.H. Stowe; 1962-<75-> L.L. Brown. |
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Includes section "Book reviews." |
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