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How It All Got Started ( Dr James Naismith) - Video
- The Irish Man Who Invented the Jump Shot (also see the books below)
- More Short Stories - Stories such as U2 and Irish Basketball Visitors in the US
- Tribute to Paudie O'Connor (RIP)
One Fans Collection of Autographs (Thanks David)
By Alexander Wolf
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"Hoops Across the Ocean follows the rise and fall of the Irish Basketball team from the 1980s until 2010. With lots of Irish Americans returning to play for Ireland, it was a time of unparalleled success on the court for Ireland"
Excerpt from Book..
info including player profiles and how to buy the book.
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CALLED FOR TRAVELLING
This offbeat biography records the well-travelled career of an American basketball coach who has spent virtually his entire professional life on foreign courts. Ousted from Whitworth College, a small religious school in Washington State, for questionable but fruitful recruiting practices, and blacklisted, he claims, by the Northwest coaching fraternity, McGregor was obliged to hit the road. In the early 1950s he sold airlines on the commercial possibilities of organizing tours for basketball teams from faraway places. Subsequently, he spent 25 years teaching basketball to Italians, Greeks, Poles, Russians, Swedes, and Filipinos, helping make it a truly international game. He's also conducted clinics for equatorial Africa's legendary Watusi as well as for Indians at the headwaters of the Amazon. All told, the author has coached the national teams of eight countries. Over the past decade, McGregor has also shepherded aggregations of U.S. players abroad, both for the State Department and for such multinational sponsors as Gulf Oil, TWA, and Gillette. (The latter insisted on a clean-shaven image for the players.) At 55, McGregor has settled down to run an international basketball camp in Long Beach, Calif. But he seems willing to pick up and go at the drop of a ball--and he's certainly seen the world for his pains.
- Also check out the story ( above) on Coach McGregor's Visit to Ireland
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JAYO a budding star for St Vincentsbecomes a GAA Superstar
Kieran Shannon Interview (Irish Examiner)
Google Books Preview
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Belfast "Stars sparkling history is brought to book"
See Belfast Telegraph
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