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Perfectly Awful - The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season (Hardcover) Loot Price: R652
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Perfectly Awful - The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season (Hardcover): Charley Rosen

Perfectly Awful - The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season (Hardcover)

Charley Rosen

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During the 1972-73 season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games. A Philadelphia newspaper began calling them the Seventy Sickers, and they duly lost their last thirteen games on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses.
Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, and observers. Although the team was uniformly bad, there were still many memorable moments, and the lore surrounding the team is legendary. Once, when head coach Lou Rubin tried to substitute John Q. Trapp out of a game, Trapp refused and told Rubin to look behind the team's bench, whereby one of Trapp's friends supposedly opened his jacket to show his handgun. With only four wins at the All-Star break, Rubin was fired and replaced by player-coach Kevin Loughery.
In addition to chronicling the 76ers' woes, "Perfectly Awful" also captures the drama, culture, and attitude of the NBA in an era when many white fans believed that the league had too many black players, most of whom were overtly political and/or using recreational drugs.

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Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2014
First published: October 2014
Authors: Charley Rosen
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-4862-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Sports teams & clubs
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Basketball
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 0-8032-4862-8
Barcode: 9780803248625

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