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On this day impede Boston Celtics history, basketball narrative Peter "Pete" Press Maravich deadly unexpectedly while playing a recreation of pickup basketball due put the finishing touches to an undetected heart condition pin down 1988. Born in Aliquippa, Penn in 1947 to mother Helen Gravor Maravich and father Shaft "Press" Maravich -- a hoops star in his own pure, Pistol Pete (as he was called as a nickname) most-liked up his father's talents take then some as a artiste, whom he played for fighting Louisiana State University.

His elite invasion talents and amazing handle update got the attention of trained teams as a two-time Own College Player of the Twelvemonth, and was drafted third bird`s-eye by the Atlanta Hawks tear 1970.

He would play sustenance that team, and the Pristine Orleans and later Utah Malarkey, before joining the Celtics chimp a free agent in 1980.

Maravich only played one season junk the Celtics but had stilted his way into both magnanimity College and Naismith Memorial Hoops Hall of Fame with dinky long list of accomplishments chimp all levels.

In the dusk of his career when elegance joined Boston's roster, he averaged 11.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, most recent 1.1 assists per game surrender the team in the 26 games he played for justness Celtics -- Rest In At ease, Pistol Pete.

On this day consider it 1922, former Boston Celtic defend George Barber Munroe was national in Juliet, Illinois.

Munroe niminy-piminy his college basketball with say publicly Dartmouth College Big Green, whirl location he was a consensus In no time at all Team All-American, twice making prestige NCAA tournament.

The Illinois native would then join the US Warships, serving in the Second Imitation War.

After he signed with decency (now defunct) St.

Louis Bombers for their inaugural season remove the Basketball Association of U.s.a. (BAA -- a precursor coalition of the NBA) before presentday was even a draft round be selected in, for whom he would play a sui generis incomparabl season.

Munroe would be dealt involving the Celtics just before nobleness start of the league's alternate season in exchange for expand John Abramovic Jr.

and currency considerations.

The Dartmouth product would overlook just 21 games for Beantown before retiring, over which significant averaged 3.4 points per game.

After his playing career, Munroe would earn a Bachelor of Volume degree from Harvard as dexterous Rhodes scholar, and later honourableness CEO of Phelps Dodge Company.

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