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Phog - The Most Influential Man in Basketball (Paperback)
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Phog - The Most Influential Man in Basketball (Paperback)
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Remembered in name but underappreciated in legacy, Forrest "Phog"
Allen arguably influenced the game of basketball more than anyone
else. In the first half of the twentieth century, Allen took
basketball from a gentlemanly, indoor recreational pastime to the
competitive game that would become a worldwide sport. Succeeding
James Naismith as the University of Kansas's basketball coach in
1907, Allen led the Jayhawks for thirty-nine seasons and holds the
record for most wins at that school, with 590. He also helped
create the NCAA tournament and brought basketball to the Olympics.
Allen changed the way the game is played, coached, marketed, and
presented. Scott Morrow Johnson reveals Allen as a master
recruiter, a transformative coach, and a visionary basketball mind.
Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Wilt Chamberlain, and many others
benefited from Allen's knowledge of and passion for the game. But
Johnson also delves into Allen's occasionally tumultuous
relationships with Naismith, the NCAA, and University of Kansas
administrators. 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.
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