Basketball's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hoops' Outrageous Dunkers, Incredible Buzzer-Beaters, and Other Oddities (Paperback)

~ Floyd Conner (Author) "Let's begin with a list of notable basketball first..." (more)
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Product Description

 Delivers little-known facts and hilarious anecdotes about college and professional basketball from the early days of the game to the present

 Available as the NCAA and NBA seasons begin

 Written by the author of Football's Most Wanted, Baseball's mOst Wanted, and more than ten other sports books, including Golf!, which sold more than 150,000 copies

All-American George Glamack was known as the "Blind Bomber" because his eyesight was so poor that he couldn't see that basket. Bobby Bailey once fouled out of a game in three minutes. The first professional basketball player, Fred cooper, earned sixteen dollars per game. Swedish player Mats Wermelin scored all 272 points in a game. Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach punched out the owner of the St. Louis Hawks prior to a game. Dennis Rodman dressed like a bride for his book signing. Wilt chamberlain, who scored 100 points in a NBA game, claimed to have had over 20,000 lovers. The 1936 Olympic basketball gold medal game was played on a muddy court during a driving rainstorm. Former Vice President Al Gore played college basketball at Harvard.

BASKETBALL'S MOST WANTED chronicles 700 of the most outlandish players, coaches, and fans in basketball history. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail basketball's top ten worst shooters, strangest plays, bizarre nicknames, politicians who have played, little-known records, unlikely NBA teams, and more.

About the Author

FLOYD CONNOR is the author of numerous other popular sports books, including Baseball's Most Wanted, Football's Most Wanted, and Golf!, which sold more than 150,000 copies. He has been interviewed many times for radio, newspaper, and television, and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.; 1 edition (September 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574883615
• ISBN-13: 978-1574883619
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #963,997 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Basketball Trivia Book, July 3, 2004

By	JAMES H. LISTER (DENTON, MARYLAND USA) - See all my reviews

Floyd Conner has compiled one of the finest basketball trivia books ever published. It covers a wide variety of topics ranging over many levels of basketball play and participation. The most attention-getting, eye-popping and utterly unbelievable ( but true ) feat mentioned in this wonderful basketball book is the fact that the Swedish schoolboy Mats Wermelin once scored 272 points in a single basketball game in which his team won 272-0. It would have improved the listing of that accomplishment if the author had given the reader a detailed statistical breakdown analysis of that 272 point game. What were the circumstances of that game? How many points did Mats Wermelin score in each quarter of that game? What were his field goal and free throw percentages during that game? What was the seasonal scoring average of points-per-game by Mats Wermelin that year he scored a one-game total of 272 points? What occurred to Mats in his life thereafter that mind-boggling game, etc.?
All basketball oddity and anecdotal buffs should possess a copy of this infinitely intriguing book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and unusual top 10 lists for basketball, March 19, 2009

By	Charles Ashbacher "([e-mail])" (Marion, Iowa United States([e-mail])) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)

This book of top 10 lists is a basketball fans dream; the lists cover everything from the usual to the unusual. Some examples of lists are:

*) Greatest college players
*) Playing politics - basketball players that ran for public office
*) Touching all bases - basketball players that also played baseball
*) Field goals - basketball players that also played football
*) The name game - players such as "Tony Dunkin" with names that are linked to basketball
*) Small packages - successful players that were less than 5'10" in height.
*) College's greatest games - a list of the 10 best college games ever played
*) Like father, like son - a list of father-son combinations that played in the NBA.

The best sports facts books are fun to read and this is one of them.