Perfectly awful : the Philadelphia 76ers horrendous and hilarious 1972-1973 season / Charley Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team)--History.

Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the 1972-1973 basketball season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three games. A Philadelphia newspaper began calling them the Seventy Sickers, and they duly lost their last thirteen games on their way to a not-yet-broken record of nine wins and seventy-three losses. Charley Rosen recaptures the futility of that season through the firsthand accounts of players, participants, a

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 1. It's Tough to Get Help These Days; 2. The Masters of Disaster; 3. It's Mister Bluster by Default; 4. Prelude to Ignominy; 5. Digging the Hole; 6. Dis-Rule and the Q-Man Cometh; 7. How Low Can You Go?; 8. From Bad to Worst; 9. Murph to the Rescue; 10. Break Up the Sixers; 11. Return to Reality; 12. The Reluctant Savior; 13. If the Shue Fits; 14. Remembrances of Things Past; Epilogue; A Note on Sources; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8032-8645-7

0-8032-8647-3