Dave Newmark: Rookie on the Spot, 1969

[In 1969, Fawcett Publications released its annual True’s Basketball Yearbook. On the cover were the usual, eye-catching glossies of NBA stars Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West in action. More unusual was the magazine’s table of contents, particularly a brief article on page 12 that touted two NBA rookies on the spot. 

The first was no surpr…