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He received the nickname press as a boy, when one of his jobs was selling the pittsburgh press on the streets of his hometown of aliquippa, pennsylvania, an industrial city outside of pittsburgh. I am not sure whether this book is official or nonofficial one. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in basketball history. Feb 06, 2007 even as pete maravich became pistol pete a basketball icon for baby boomers all the maraviches paid a price.
Pistol petes father, press maravich, pushed him to become the best basketball player he could be from a. The life of pete maravich, author mark kriegel makes a convincing case that the freeform, imaginationdriven game played today started with pistol pete. Mark kriegel is the author of two critically acclaimed bestsellers, namath. He was a generation ahead of his time, kriegel said in an interview during a booktour stop in chicago. Although he had the world at his fingertips, pete maravich found himself face to face with depression, hopelessness and. Consider the january 6, 1970, edition of americas newspaper of record, the new york times. Pete maravich american basketball player britannica. This book presents an account of the personal life and professional achievements of the troubled 1970s basketball sta and goes from his relationship with his obsessive father and unbroken college scoring record to the personal demons that challenged his life and his evangelical. One book, maravich, was written by wayne federman and marshall terrill in collaboration with maravichs widow, jackie, while the other. Now acclaimed author mark kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an american family. Petar press maravich august 29, 1915 april 15, 1987 was an american college and professional basketball coach. I am not a basketball fan but i do have heard of pistol pete, a prodigy son basketball.
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