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Author Johnson, Scott Morrow

Title Phog : the most influential man in basketball / Scott Morrow Johnson ; foreword by Judy Allen Morris
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2016

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Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; 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 Fish21. Wanting One More Year; 22. The Sparkle of a Diamond; 23. Pay Heed, All Who Enter; Epilogue: Shining On; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Allen, Forrest C., 1885-1974.
SUBJECT Allen, Forrest C., 1885-1974 fast
Subject Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Basketball coaches
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016027476
ISBN 9780803295391
0803295391
9780803295407
0803295405
9780803295414
0803295413