Forrest “Phog” Allen signed “My Basket-ball Bible” 1930, w/ Dust Jacket (RARE) For Sale

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Forrest “Phog” Allen signed “My Basket-ball Bible” 1930, w/ Dust Jacket (RARE):
$2900.00

PHOG ALLEN flat-signed “MY BASKET-BALL BIBLE” (1930). THIS WAS PHOG ALLEN’S FIRST BOOK.

IT COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR THIS BOOK AND FOR ANY BOOK 94 YEARS OLD!!

AS BOOK COLLECTORS KNOW, THE ORIGINAL DUST OF A RARE BOOK GREATLY ENHANCES VALUE.

THIS IS WAS FORREST C. “PHOG” ALLEN’S FIRST OF 3 MAJOR BOOKS THAT HE HAD PUBLISHED.

4 THINGS MAKE THIS BOOK ESPECIALLY SPECIAL:

1) IT IS HIS FIRST BOOK

2) IT IS EXTREMELY OLD (1930)

3) IT IS FLAT-SIGNED (signed only by the author).

Phog Allen almost always inscribed the book to someone

4) IT COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET — VERY RARE, original dust jacket on rare books can triple a book’s value

PHOG ALLEN WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE 2ND MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL AFTER HIS MENTOR JAMES NAISMITH, THE GAME’S INVENTOR.

WHILE JAMES NAISMITH INVENTED BASKETBALL, HIS PROTEGE AND DISCIPLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WAS PHOG ALLEN.

PHOG ALLEN IS KNOWN AS “THE FATHER OF BASKETBALL COACHING”. WHILE NAISMITH INVENTED BASKETBALL, IT WAS PHOG ALLEN WHO POPULARIZED THE SPORT. PHOG ALLEN MARKETED THE SPORT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. PHOG ALLEN FOUNDED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES (NABC). THROUGH THE NABC, PHOG ALLEN CREATED THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. PHOG ALLEN ALSO ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY GOT BASKETBALL TO BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT STARTING AT THE 1936 BERLIN GAMES.

PHOG ALLEN GOT BASKETBALL COACHES THROUGHOUT AMERICA TO DONATE MONEY TO PAY FOR NAISMITH’S TRIP TO GERMANY TO SEE BASKETBALL PLAYED AT THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BERLIN.

PHOG ALLEN ALSO RECRUITED WILT CHAMBERLAIN FROM PHILADELPHIA TO PLAY BASKETBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. UNFORTUNATELY A STATE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF 70 FORCED PHOG INTO RETIREMENT SO HE DID NOT GET TO COACH HIS STAR PLAYER WILT CHAMBERLAIN.

Forrest “Phog” Allen signed “My Basket-ball Bible” 1930, w/ Dust Jacket (RARE)

$2900.00

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