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1091:. New York: Doubleday. p. 145.
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519:Post-basketball career
251:Career NBA statistics
74:Laconia, New Hampshire
1027:: 18. April 16, 1949.
999:"Baskets in 4/4 Time"
571:NBA career statistics
218:Consensus first-team
1179:. November 28, 1949.
1076:. 2000. p. 368.
513:Harlem Globetrotters
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39:Personal information
348:, Lavelli attended
220:All-American (1949)
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3268:Ralph Beard
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3050:D. Thompson
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2770:Modzelewski
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2392:Second Team
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2017:Clemons
1945:Coleman
1889:Douglas
1833:Granger
1801:Roberts
1777:Gathers
1769:Hawkins
1761:Houston
1665:McCurdy
1649:Averitt
1633:Neumann
1577:Komives
1569:Werkman
1553:Burgess
1521:Wallace
1457:Lavelli
1398:Senesky
1252:NBA.com
1196:NBA.com
850:Career
760:Career
727:1950–51
691:1949–50
647:
630:Assists
578:Legend
483:Granada
432:1948–49
382:forward
340:College
277:Assists
114:College
3120:1983:
3114:Worthy
3112:&
3108:1982:
3100:1981:
3092:1980:
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3076:1978:
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3058:Benson
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3038:Walton
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3028:1973:
3022:Walton
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2938:Heyman
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2898:Baylor
2896:1958:
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2834:Arizin
2832:1950:
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2810:Tucker
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2696:1933:
2690:Wooden
2688:1932:
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2664:1929:
2656:1928:
2650:Hanson
2648:1927:
2640:1926:
2632:1925:
2624:1924:
2616:1923:
2610:Carney
2608:1922:
2600:1921:
2592:1920:
2586:Platou
2584:1919:
2576:1918:
2568:1917:
2560:1916:
2552:1915:
2544:1914:
2538:Calder
2536:1913:
2528:1912:
2522:Kiendl
2520:1911:
2512:1910:
2504:1909:
2496:1908:
2490:Kinney
2488:1907:
2480:1906:
2472:1905:
2055:2024:
2047:2023:
2039:2022:
2031:2021:
2025:Howard
2023:2020:
2015:2019:
2007:2018:
1999:2017:
1993:Daniel
1991:2016:
1985:Harvey
1983:2015:
1975:2014:
1967:2013:
1959:2012:
1951:2011:
1943:2010:
1935:2009:
1927:2008:
1919:2007:
1911:2006:
1903:2005:
1895:2004:
1887:2003:
1881:Conley
1879:2002:
1871:2001:
1863:2000:
1855:1999:
1847:1998:
1839:1997:
1831:1996:
1825:Thomas
1823:1995:
1815:1994:
1807:1993:
1799:1992:
1791:1991:
1785:Kimble
1783:1990:
1775:1989:
1767:1988:
1759:1987:
1753:Bailey
1751:1986:
1743:1985:
1735:1984:
1727:1983:
1719:1982:
1711:1981:
1705:Murphy
1703:1980:
1697:Butler
1695:1979:
1687:1978:
1679:1977:
1673:Rogers
1671:1976:
1663:1975:
1655:1974:
1647:1973:
1639:1972:
1631:1971:
1623:1970:
1615:1969:
1607:1968:
1601:Walker
1599:1967:
1591:1966:
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1575:1964:
1567:1963:
1561:McGill
1559:1962:
1551:1961:
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1527:1958:
1519:1957:
1511:1956:
1503:1955:
1495:1954:
1487:1953:
1479:1952:
1471:1951:
1465:Arizin
1463:1950:
1455:1949:
1447:1948:
1428:1947:
1420:1946:
1412:1945:
1404:1944:
1396:1943:
1388:1942:
1380:1941:
1372:1940:
1364:1939:
1356:1938:
1348:1937:
1340:1936:
1254:
963:
936:
859:1.000
836:1.000
696:Boston
643:
368:, the
294:
257:Points
240:(1949)
215:(1949)
164:Number
76:, U.S.
59:, U.S.
3014:Wicks
3002:Wicks
2930:Hogue
2922:Lucas
2842:Groat
2794:Mikan
2786:Mikan
2674:Hyatt
2626:Black
2570:Woods
2562:Levis
2049:Davis
2033:Abmas
2001:Keene
1969:Green
1937:Curry
1905:Clark
1897:Clark
1849:Jones
1841:Jones
1729:Kelly
1721:Kelly
1657:Fogle
1641:Lamar
1585:Barry
1513:Floyd
1505:Floyd
1497:Selvy
1489:Selvy
1473:Mlkvy
1422:Mikan
1414:Mikan
1156:: D21
1124:: S7.
875:Notes
856:.200
833:.200
797:Team
794:Year
769:.853
766:.367
739:.344
710:.853
667:Team
664:Year
555:Death
450:22.4
414:Team
411:Year
308:Stats
292:Stats
3086:Bird
3010:Carr
2866:Gola
2722:Moir
2698:Sale
2658:Holt
2642:Cobb
2594:Cann
2514:Page
2057:Edey
2041:Kiss
1449:Wier
1430:Lacy
1277:IMDb
1234:2015
1209:2015
1162:2019
1055:2015
1004:Time
974:2011
961:ISBN
934:ISBN
908:2015
868:2.0
865:0.5
862:0.5
845:2.0
842:0.5
839:0.5
821:1951
815:PPG
812:APG
809:RPG
806:FT%
803:FG%
780:6.9
777:0.7
755:3.3
747:2.0
743:.854
716:0.7
706:.372
685:PPG
682:APG
679:RPG
676:FT%
673:FG%
645:Bold
527:and
485:", "
447:.824
444:.350
437:Yale
426:PPG
423:FT%
420:FG%
231:1948
227:1946
131:1949
118:Yale
64:Died
44:Born
3062:May
1809:Guy
1275:at
800:GP
773:2.0
763:86
751:0.8
736:30
720:8.8
670:GP
417:GP
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