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From pistol, the life of pete maravich by mark kreigel. Januar 1988 in pasadena, kalifornien, bekannt unter seinem spitznamen pistol pete. A basketball prodigy who becomes college basketballs alltime leading scorer, pete maravich goes on to chase a championship in the nba only to discover. Pistol pete maravich ultimate highlight reel youtube. Pistol pete maravich was a three time first team allamerican and was named the sporting news player of the year in 1970, and received the usbwa college player of the year and naismath award as well.
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