Bill Sharman
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William Walton Sharman, also known as "Battling Bill", was an American professional basketball player and coach. Sharman is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been i
Sharman with USC, c. 1950
Sharman c. 1960
Sharman as a coach in 1971
L-R: Sharman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jack Kent Cooke at press conference announcing Lakers' signing Kareem in Los Angeles, 1975
Utah Stars
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The Utah Stars were an American Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first major professional basketball team to use a pre-game s
Bill Sharman
…Coach of the Year honors in 1969–70, with Joe Belmont of the Denver Rockets. The Stars moved to Utah for the 1970–71 season, when Sharman coached the Utah Stars to an ABA title. The championship team's star player was the 1971 ABA playoff MVP and future Hall of Fame center Zelmo Beaty. The Stars defeated the…
Zelmo Beaty won the ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award after leading the Stars to the 1971 ABA title.