Phog - The Most Influential Man in Basketball

Scott Morrow Johnson is an award-winning sportswriter whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including¿Sports Illustrated,¿the Washington Post,¿USA Today, and¿the Chicago Tribune.
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List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue: From Naismith to Wilt
1. Running from Independence
2. The “World’s Championship”    
3. A Man Named Jim
4. The Hero Arrives
5. The Game Can Be Coached
6. Call Him Doc
7. A Teacher among Teachers
8. Once a Jayhawk
9. Ascent to New Heights
10. A Bitter Winter
11. The Day the Game Arrived
12. Stepping Out of the Shadow
13. A Greater Calling
14. The Fall of a Legend
15. Rising from the Ashes
16. Just Like Any Other Game Day
17. Searching for Gold
18. The Improbable Return
19. The King Gets His Castle
20. The Biggest Fish
21. Wanting One More Year
22. The Sparkle of a Diamond
23. Pay Heed, All Who Enter
Epilogue: Shining On
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Scott Morrow Johnson is an award-winning sportswriter whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune.
 

Summary

Remembered in name but underappreciated in legacy, Forrest “Phog” Allen arguably influenced the game of basketball more than anyone else. Phog: The Most Influential Man in Basketball chronicles this complex man's life, telling for the first time the full story of the man whose name is synonymous with Kansas basketball and with the game itself.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Morrow Johnson
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781496217059
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-1705-9
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Basketball, Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Mittlerer Westen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Sports & Recreation, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)