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Peter Press Maravich (/ ˈ m ɛər ə ˌ v ɪ tʃ / MAIR-ə-vitch; June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988), known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player of Serbian descent.
Mar 4, 2024 · The all-time career scoring leader in NCAA basketball died playing pickup basketball at 40 years old.
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Jan 5, 2021 · Pete Maravich and Kobe Bryant, both game-changers, were very special while very young, groomed by demanding fathers, performed at breathless levels and earned a space on the wall inside the...
Sep 13, 2021 · NBA Hall of Famer “Pistol Pete” Maravich was a spectacular showman who helped open up the game of basketball in the 1970s. After a legendary college career at Louisiana State, he played 10...
5 days ago · Josh Maravich was a reserve for LSU — which plays home games in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center — from the 2001-02 to 2004-05 seasons under then-coach John Brady. For the younger Maravich, it was a childhood dream to play for LSU, where his father set the men’s NCAA Division I scoring record of 3,667 points between 1967 and 1970.
Nov 3, 2021 · Pete Maravich was the ultimate sponge. He perfected the ballhandling drills his father passed down — the ones he’d later name “pretzel,” “ricochet” and “crab catch.” He learned to ...
4 days ago · Pete Maravich was an American basketball player who was the most prolific scorer in the history of Division I men’s college basketball and who helped transform the game in the 1960s and ’70s with his ballhandling and passing wizardry. A spectacular shooting star, Maravich rocketed through college.
In only three years playing for his father Press Maravich at LSU, Pete scored 3,667 points, while averaging an incredible 44.2 points per game - both NCAA records. Noted for his floppy gray socks and mop of brown hair, Maravich set numerous other NCAA, SEC, and school records, and led the NCAA in scoring three times.
Mar 3, 2024 · The NCAA's all-time leading scorer, "Pistol" Pete Maravich of LSU, was a shooting, dribbling and passing whiz who dominated the college game during his three seasons in...
