Bob Pettit: So Steady He’s Overlooked, 1964

Jun 23, 2021

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[In his autobiography, published with Boston journalist Joe Fitzgerald, Red Auerbach recounted sitting in New York’s Madison Square Garden in December 1956 giving pointers to his rookie center Bill Russell. On the court below, shrouded in a gauze of white tobacco smoke, the St. Louis Hawks were having their way against the Fort Wayne Pistons.