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New York Knicks Bill Bradley Autographed \"SPIRIT of SPORTS\" Lecture Ticket RARE For Sale
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New York Knicks Bill Bradley Autographed \"SPIRIT of SPORTS\" Lecture Ticket RARE:
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New York Knicks Bill Bradley Autographed \"SPIRIT of SPORTS\" 1973 Lecture Ticket RARE
BILL BRADLEY AUTOGRAPHED TICKET TO HIS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT FEB 25, 1973 - EXTREMELY RARE
Bill Bradley was an active player on the New York Knicks and prior to his political career as a U.S. Senator, he embarked on a brief tour of speaking engagements at several New York colleges. Bill\'s lecture at Oneonta State College on\"The Spirit Of Sports\" drew a large crowd at this unique event.I was a junior then and attended Bill Bradley\'s lectureon February 25, 1973. My student I. D. got me in for free, but if you were not a student you would have paid the hefty fee of $2.00 to attend. I hardly remember what he spoke about but I was lucky enough to have him sign my ticket when he was done speaking. The Knicks, and he in particular were my sports heroes. There is a crease in the ticket and some age-related discoloration (see photos).
This card has been in my possession since that day and now it can be yours. An extremely rare Bradley is an American Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey who ran President in the 2000 election. He was a member of the Boy Scouts, and did well academically and was an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He was offered 75 college scholarships, but declined them all to attend Princeton University. He earned a gold medal as a member of the 1964 Olympic basketball team and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 1965. After graduating in 1965, he attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship.
While at Oxford, Bradley played one season of professional basketball in Europe, before joining the New York Knicks in 1967, after serving six months in the Air Force Reserve. He spent his entire ten-year professional basketball career playing for the Knicks, winning two championship titles (his jersey #24 is retired by the Knicks). In 1977, he ran for a seat in the United States Senate the following year, from his adopted home state of New Jersey. He is the author of seven non-fiction books, most recently We Can All Do Better, and hosts a weekly radio show, American Voices, on Sirius Satellite Radio. He is a corporate director of Starbucks and a partner at investment bank Allen & Company in New York City. In 2008 Bradley was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He appears in Basketball, Track, and Baseball, as well as on Student Council, Dramatics Club, and playing French Horn (Is there anything this guy cannot do?).
At Princeton: Bradley\'s childhood hero was Princeton Heisman Trophy winner Dick Kazmaier and he wore #42 in his honor. In his freshman year, Bradley averaged more than 30 points per game, and at one point making 57 consecutive free throws. The following year, he was a varsity starter in Butch van Breda Kolff\'s first year as coach of the Tigers. In his sophomore year Bradley went for 40 points in a game against St. Joseph\'s and was named to The Sporting News All-American first team in early 1963.
The coach of the St. Louis Hawks believed he was ready to play in the NBA. The AP and United Press International polls both put Bradley as the top sophomore player in the country; That year Bradley also hit .316 as a first baseman for the Tigers baseball team. The following year The Sporting News named him to its All-American team as its only junior and as its player of the year. At the 1964 Olympic basketball trials in 1964, Bradley played guard instead of his usual forward position and was one of three chosen unanimously for the Olympic team, the youngest chosen, and the only undergraduate. The Olympic team won the gold medal.
As a senior and team captain in the 1964–1965 season, Bradley became a household name and was called the best amateur basketball player in the United States, leading Princeton to the Final Four after defeating heavy favorite Providence by 40 points. In the semis Bradley scored a record 58 points to lead the team to victory against Wichita State and earn himself the Final Four MVP. In total, Bradley scored 2,503 points at Princeton, averaging 30.2 points per game, was awarded the 1965 James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually to the United States\' top amateur athlete, the first basketball player to win the honor. Bradley holds a number of Ivy League career records, including total and average points (1,253/29.83, respectively), and free throws made (409/468, 87.4%). Other records include total and average points (464/33.14, 1964) and most free throws made (153 in 170 attempts, 90.0%, 1962–1963).
He also holds the career point record at Princeton and many other school records, including the top ten slots in the category of total points scored in a game.Thanks for looking!
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