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Harry told many stories about playing for Coach Diddle (your rattle snake one is pretty good)Summer Shade. That’s close to my neck of the woods. That explains a lot, Sadler was probably set to shoot at the peach basket on the side of the barn when a rattle snake crawled between his feet.
Really appreciate the share smash ,I could learn and listen to that guy talk about his life and bb all day long !! Wise man with great humility!
You are absolutely correct. I'm friends with his grandson. He's the one that put the jump shot throughout the country. He's from around Kuttawa and lived in Marshall for years. I played against one of his sons in the 60's.This was a small write up from and article I read. It seems like there are a few players that are given credit for this. Joseph Franklin Fulks was to basketball what Babe Ruth was to baseball and has been referred to by many as the "father of the modern game." Jumping, spinning and scoring from everywhere on the court, the lanky western Kentucky lad helped pave the way for professional basketball to become the sport it is today. Fulks alone was credited with introducing the modern-day jump shot that revolutionized professional basketball - thus earning him the nickname "jumping Joe" Fulks. On February 10, 1949 he recorded one of the greatest individual performances in the history of the game, scoring 63 points with the Philadelphia Warriors. YouThat record endured for ten years.
I saw Bevo play when I was a kid at Butler fieldhouse in Indianapolis I guess it would have been about 1954 or soSailors invented it sure, but Bevo Francis made it what we all recognize today.
JJ- you are so right. He also invented the flop, trip, chest stomp, and constipated turtle stare. Man is a legend.
JJ- you are so right. He also invented the flop, trip, chest stomp, and constipated turtle stare. Man is a legend.
Not to dispute anything you say except Harry Sadler was shooting a jump shot in the 1930's at WKU and before that in high school.There has to be some film around somewhere.You are absolutely correct. I'm friends with his grandson. He's the one that put the jump shot throughout the country. He's from around Kuttawa and lived in Marshall for years. I played against one of his sons in the 60's.
Glen Roberts of Pound , Va invented the jump shot
Didn't say he invented the jump shot but He's the one that that made it so popular with his stardom for the 76er's. When your called jumping Joe, hall of fame and score 60 plus points in the 40's people notice.Not to dispute anything you say except Harry Sadler was shooting a jump shot in the 1930's at WKU and before that in high school.There has to be some film around somewhere.