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Author Johnson, Scott Morrow.

Title Phog : the most influential man in basketball / Scott Morrow Johnson ; foreword by Judy Allen Morris.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.323 Al53Bj 2016 c.2  ---  Available
 Axe Kansas Collection  796.323 Al53Bj 2016    ---  Lib Use Only
 Eureka Non-Fiction  796.323 Joh    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  796.323 Joh 2016    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  796.323 Joh    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xx, 321 pages, 27 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
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Series Kansas Notable Book ; 2017.
Summary "A complete biography of Forrest "Phog" Allen, legendary University of Kansas basketball coach and a key figure in the sport's development and its coaching"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue : From Naismith to Wilt -- Running from independence -- The "world's championship" -- A man named Jim -- The hero arrives -- The game can be coached -- Call him Doc -- A teacher among teachers -- Once a Jayhawk -- Ascent to new heights -- A bitter winter -- The day the game arrived -- Stepping out of the shadow -- A greater calling -- The fall of a legend -- Rising from the ashes -- Just like any other game day -- Searching for gold -- The improbable return -- The king gets his castle -- The biggest fish -- Wanting one more year -- The sparkle of a diamond -- Pay heed, all who enter -- Epilogue : Shining on.
Source WtrMrk 06.2017 PARS
Awards 2017 Kansas Notable Book.
Subject Allen, Forrest C., 1885-1974.
Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography.
Allen, Forrest C., 1885-1974. (OCoLC)fst01804158
Basketball coaches. (OCoLC)fst00828253
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780803285712 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
080328571X (hardback ; alkaline paper)

 
    
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