Earl Lloyd, Sean Kirst

Moonfixer: The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Seitenzahl: 141
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780815609469
• ISBN-10: 0815609469
• Artikelnr.: 26571965

Autorenporträt

Earl Lloyd attended Parker-Gray High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from West Virginia State College. He was the first African American to compete in an NBA game and also broke down longstanding barriers as an NBA coach, as a scout, and as an executive with the Dodge division of Chrysler. He was deeply involved in programs to benefit city youth in Detroit. Lloyd has received many honors in recent years, including his 2003 enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Sean Kirst is a columnist for the Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York. His work has been recognized with many journalism honors, including the 2008 Ernie Pyle Award for human interest writing, given by the Scripps Howard Foundation to the one newspaper writer nationwide who most exemplifies the works of Pyle, a famed World War II correspondent. Kirst is also the author of The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Other Baseball Essays.