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Boom!: Inside The NBL
Charts the rise of the National Basketball League in Australia from its humble 1979 origins in 'tin shed facilities' to its present multi- million-dollar turnover. Features interviews with the game's 'greats' including Ken Cole, Lindsay and Andrew Gaze and Cal Bruton. Other books by the author, an Australian sports writer, include 'The Proud Champions', 'Winfield State of Origin 1980-1991' and 'Ella, Ella, Ella'.
229 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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July 28, 2017
An interesting biographical history of the early years of Australian basketball until 1993. Quality of writing is only average, and the content is a bit repetitive at times when the various character's careers overlap. A bit depressing to read this book, written with such optimism, knowing that fairly soon after it was written a 20 year period of gradual decline & mismanagement would set in...
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