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Jump Shot: Kenny Sailors - Basketball Innovator and Alaskan Outfitter (Paperback)
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Jump Shot: Kenny Sailors - Basketball Innovator and Alaskan Outfitter (Paperback)
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Kenny Sailors was a basketball star, and the inventor of the jump
shot. He attended the University of Wyoming and was MVP in 1943 in
college AA basketball. After WWII, he spent five years as an early
player in the new NBA. As a youngster, Kenny was five-foot-seven
but his older brother was six-foot-two so when playing basketball,
Kenny had to jump up over his brother to get off a shot. That is
how the jump shot was born, and Kenny used it in college and
professional basketball. He played in Denver and several other
cities whose team names have now changed, but he also played for
the Boston Celtics with Bob Cousy. After he left the NBA, he moved
to Alaska and in 1965 settled in the Glennallen area, where he was
a fishing and hunting guide in the Wrangle Mountains for
thirty-five years. He now lives in Idaho, and his son lives and
flies aircraft from Antioch, California.
Excellent choice for sports/basketball buffs
Popular historic sports hero thanks to recent features in "Sports
Illustrated" and "Denver Post."
Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
2012
Early in the 2008-9 basketball season, Wyoming designated
Sailors's No. 4 jersey as the first to be retired and hung in the
field house. His fans are advocating for Kenny to be inducted into
the National Basketball Hall of Fame.https:
//www.facebook.com/pages/Get-Kenny-Sailors-into-the-Basketball-Hall-of-Fame/107319762637644
Sailors led Wyoming to its only national championship, in 1943,
when he was named the NCAA tournament's Most Outstanding Player as
well as college basketball's player of the year.
For two years in the NBA he was the top scorer for the original
Denver Nuggets in 1949--50
His innovative jump shot landed him in "LIFE" magazine in
1946.
Indie Christian Film Festival piece on Kenny by Jacob Bryan
Hamilton, Austin, TX: http:
//www.atticfilmfest.org/portfolio-item/jumpshot/
Featured in Wyoming PBS Documentary in 2012
Released in time for NCAA March Madness
Excerpt from "Sports Illustrated" 3/06/13: Sailors was also a
revolutionary who changed the game by developing and ultimately
popularizing the modern-day jump shot. . . . "Once I started using
the jumper], I realized I could get this shot off over anybody,"
says Sailors, who was five-foot-ten in college. "It paid off every
time I ran into a six-foot-five player who could give me trouble."
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Imprint: |
Westwinds Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Lew Freedman
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
218 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88240-993-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-88240-993-X |
Barcode: |
9780882409931 |
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