Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary

Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary
ISBN-10
0313309523
ISBN-13
9780313309526
Series
Basketball
Category
Sports & Recreation / General
Pages
589
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
David L. Porter

Description

Presents 577 biographical entries on the lives and careers of individuals important to the history of basketball, from its origins to the present.

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