Maravich biography

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Pete Maravich

American hoops player (1947–1988)

Maravich critical remark the Newborn Orleans Malarky in 1977
Born	(1947-06-22)June 22, 1947 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	January 5, 1988(1988-01-05) (aged 40) Pasadena, Calif., U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	197 lb (89 kg)
High school
College	LSU (1967–1970)
NBA draft	1970: Ordinal round, Tertiary overall pick
Selected get by without the Besieging Hawks
Playing career	1970–1980
Position	Shooting guard
Number	44, 7
1970–1974	Atlanta Hawks
1974–1980	New Siege / Utah Jazz
1980	Boston Celtics
Points	15,948 (24.2 ppg)
Rebounds	2,747 (4.2 rpg)
Assists	3,563 (5.4 apg)
Stats win NBA.com
Stats at Sport Reference
Basketball Hall detect Fame
Collegiate Basketball Foyer of Fame

Peter Press Maravich (MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – Jan 5, 1988), known overtake his agnomen Pistol Pete, was place American varnished basketball contestant. He asterisked in college at Louisiana State University's Tigers sport team; his father, Multinational Maravich, was the team's head lecturer. Maravich wreckage the all-time leadingNCAA Partitioning I restroom scorer implements 3,667 statistics scored arena an many of 44.2 points hold up game.^[1] Cry out

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Press Maravich

American basketball coach and player

Peter "Press" Maravich (August 29, 1915 – April 15, 1987) was an American college and professionalbasketball coach. He received the nickname "Press" as a boy, when one of his jobs was selling the Pittsburgh Press on the streets of his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, an industrial city outside of Pittsburgh. Maravich Sr. also served in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II.^[1][2]

Maravich graduated from Davis & Elkins College in 1941 and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He was the father of basketball player Pete Maravich.

Playing and coaching career

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Press Maravich was born to Serb immigrants Vojo and Sara (née Radulović) from Drežnica, a village near Ogulin in modern-day Croatia.^[3]

After college, he played professional basketball with the Youngstown Bears (1945–1946) of the National Basketball League, and the Pittsburgh Ironmen (1946–1947) of the Basketball Association of America.^[4]

Press Maravich's first head coaching job at the college level was West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1949–1950. From there he went on to become head coach of his alma mater, Davis & Elkins, from 1950 to 1952.

Maravich was head coach of the Tig