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Billy "the Hill" and the Jump Hook: The Autobiography of a Forgotten Basketball Legend
By McGill, Billy & Eric Brach
- ISBN
- 9780803246874
- Publisher
- Univ. of Nebraska
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Starred Review on June 1, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
Billy "the Hill" McGill, apparent inventor of the jump hook shot later made famous by Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Earvin "Magic" Johnson, is unknown to many basketball fans but was a legendary and record-setting high school and college player. This book, focusing primarily on 74-year-old McGill's life up until his retirement from basketball in his early 30s, is at times unbearably and unbelievably bleak. Col...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
