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Mr. All-Around - The Life of Tom Gola (Hardcover)
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Mr. All-Around - The Life of Tom Gola (Hardcover)
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Tom Gola is a Philadelphia Big Five basketball icon. He led La
Salle to the NIT championship in 1952 and the NCAA championship in
1954, and holds the NCAA record for most rebounds in a career. Gola
also helped the Philadelphia Warriors win the NBA championship as a
rookie in 1956 and was named an All-Star five times before retiring
in 1966. But Gola also had many amazing achievements as a coach;
his La Salle Explorer teams were a large part of the national
basketball landscape. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976. In Mr. All-Around, avid sports fan
and reporter David Grzybowski provides a definitive biography of
Gola. He uses exclusive interviews he conducted with Gola in 2013
and features anecdotes by many figures of Philadelphia and
basketball history, including John Cheney, Fran Dunphy, and Lionel
Simmons. After the NBA, Gola transitioned to a second career as a
politician, serving as Pennsylvania State Representative and
Philadelphia City Controller. His dedication to public service
involved joining politician Arlen Specter on a campaign that
revolutionized political marketing within Philadelphia. Mr.
All-Around is an affectionate testament to the life, career, and
legacy of one of Philadelphia's most beloved sports legends.
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