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 ...
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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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Fine in fine jacket. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, unread copy. hardcover. 193 pp. with statistical appendix, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. Very uncommon in hardcover. Biography of basketball star Tom Gola (1933-2014). The son of a Philadelphia policeman, Gola attended LaSalle College and led them to an NIT championship in 1952 and the NCAA chamionship in 1954. He is considered one of the greatest NCAA basketball players of all time. As a professional, his rookie year was with the Philadelphia Warriors of where he helped the team win the NBA championship in 1956. He was named an All Star five times before retiring in 1966 and was elected to the Basketball hall of Fame in 1976. After his playing days, Gola served as a Pennslyvania state representative then Philadelphia city controller. For this definitive biography, the author drew on his exclusive 2013 interviews with Gola as well as stories and anecdotes by such basketball and Philly legends as John Chaney, Fran Dunphy, and Lionel Simmons.
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