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La Salle Basketball Part 2
Episode 2415th April 2021 • Hello Old Sports • Sports History Network
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In our last episode, we talked about the life and career of the legendary Tom Gola with author David Grzybowski. This week, we pick up the story and talk about some of the other great moments and figures in La Salle Basketball. We begin with the #2 ranked 1968-69 team and end with the Cinderella 2012-13 team and the "Southwest Philly Floater". Along the way we share the stories of players like Michael Brooks, Ken Durrett, Lionel Simmons, and Ramon Galloway.

Check out some of the articles we used to prepare for this episode:

Sports Illustrated Story on 1969 La Salle/Villanova Game

The Marriott Center's Greatest Game: BYU's 1979 bout with Michael Brooks and La Salle

2004 Story on Rape Allegations at La Salle

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