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Artis Gilmore: Sleeping Giant of Florida, 1966

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Artis Gilmore: Sleeping Giant of Florida, 1966

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Feb 3, 2022
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[The blog has already looked in on Wilt Chamberlain and Lew Alcindor as preps. Let’s take a peek at the young Artis Gilmore tucked away in the Florida panhandle town of Chipley. Al Levine, who would soon cover the ABA Floridians for the Miami News, took a jaunt up to Chipley in January 1966 to scope out this seven-foot Sleeping Giant who had yet to appe…

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