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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Billy McGill , Eric BrachPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9780803246874ISBN 10: 0803246870 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 01 November 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface Prologue 1. The Beginning 2. Welcome to LA 3. Introduction to the Game 4. The First Day of the Rest of My Life 5. Things Come Together; Things Fall Apart 6. The Hill 7. The Shot 8. The Other Shot 9. Road to Recovery 10. Road to Recovery 2 11. Victory 12. Good-bye, LA 13. ""No Coloreds"" 14. Passing 15. The Needle 16. Sophomore Year 17. Ohio State 18. Tragedy in Triplicate 19. Girls 20. Junior Year 21. One Last Summer 22. Senior Year 23. A Bad Bounce 24. Last Hurrah at Utah 25. Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid 26. Training Camp 27. Exhibition 28. The Season Begins 29. Good-bye, Zephyrs 30. The Knicks 31. The Heights 32. Thank You; Please Leave 33. All Good Things 34. Can You Come Home Again? 35. In and Out 36. A Glimmer of Hope 37. Second Verse, Ain't Like the First 38. The Last Waltz 39. The Fall 40. Bye-bye, Caddy, Bye-bye 41. Central Booking 42. Don't Call It a Comeback 43. You Can't Go Home Again 44. You Really Can't Go Home Again 45. To the Edge of the World . . . 46. . . . and Back 47. So Much for a Hero's Welcome 48. Dear Dad Epilogue Where Are They Now?"ReviewsBilly McGill's discipline, creativity, and ingenuity changed basketball - the way we played it, watched it and most importantly, the way we thought about it. Are you bold, smart, and open minded enough to let his remarkable life's story change you now - for the better? - Bill Walton, retired professional basketball player and television sportscaster Billy McGill's discipline, creativity, and ingenuity changed basketball--the way we played it, watched it and most importantly, the way we thought about it. Are you bold, smart, and open minded enough to let his remarkable life's story change you now--for the better? --Bill Walton, retired professional basketball player and television sportscaster--Bill Walton (03/05/2013) A solid choice for collections where interest in NBA history is high. -Wes Lukowsky, Booklist -- Wes Lukowsky Booklist This book will remind basketball fans of one of the greatest players in college hoops history. Next time you see a big man jump off two feet and loft a one-handed shot from behind his head, think of The Hill. -Geoff Griffin, City Weekly -- Geoff Griffin City Weekly Billy the Hill and the Jump Hook succeeds because it offers an insight into big-time college and professional basketball in the late-50s and early-60s and the exploitation that some players suffered. -Dennis Gildea, ARETE -- Dennis Gildea ARETE Billy McGill's discipline, creativity, and ingenuity changed basketball-the way we played it, watched it and most importantly, the way we thought about it. Are you bold, smart, and open minded enough to let his remarkable life's story change you now-for the better? -Bill Walton, retired professional basketball player and television sportscaster -- Bill Walton Much more than a book about basketball, this is a very human story of will and determination triumphing over tremendous hardship and adversity. As such, it should appeal to all sports fans as well as to readers of autobiographies. It would also make a terrific movie. -Library Journal Starred Review -- Derek Sanderson Library Journal Author InformationA member of both the Utah and the Los Angeles Sports Halls of Fame, BILLY MCGILL (1939–2014) was a three-time All-American basketball player, one of only seven players in NCAA history to tally over 2,300 points and 1,100 rebounds in just three years of play. He retired from Hughes Aircraft, where he worked for many years and lived in Los Angeles. ERIC BRACH is a lecturer in English at California Lutheran University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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