Mr. all-around : the life of Tom Gola / David Grzybowski ; foreword by Bill Raftery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grzybowski, David, 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gola, Tom, 1933-2014.

Gola, Tom.

Basketball players--United States--Biography.

Basketball players.

Politicians.

United States.

Pennsylvania.

Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.

Basketball coaches.

Politicians--Pennsylvania--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 193 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Recounts the life of Tom Gola, the only player to win the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), the NCAA Tournament, and an NBA championship. The biography includes Gola's playing career at La Salle College and in the NBA, his coaching career at La Salle, and his subsequent career in Philadelphia politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

3rd and Lindley

La Salle College High School

La Salle College : 1952 NIT Championship & 1953 season

1954 NCAA champions

1955 : Gola vs K.C. Jones & Bill Russell

Love letters & Wildwood

Gola to the NBA

Uncle Sam called

San Francisco and a New York Knick state of mind

The behind the Iron Curtain tour

Gola becomes head coach at La Salle

Gola's political career begins

They're younger. They're tougher. And nobody owns them

1973 city controller reelection

Tom Gola for mayor

One call to Superman

The legacy of number 15

A call from the Hall

Gola at work and home.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Grzybowski, David, 1991- Mr. All-Around.

ISBN:

9781439916797

1439916799

OCLC:

1033793097