Freshman Quarterback Chip Hilton Story, Clair Bee, 1952

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Offered is a vintage boys series book, Freshman Quarterback, A Chip Hilton Sports Series Story by Clair Bee, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952, NY], 212 pages plus add for Clair Bee books - title is 9 on a list of 14 on page prior to frontis and also 9 of 14 on the back cover, 100100 price code on inside front flap - an early and uncommon reprint, Red or Salmon tweed hardbound with title on spine, tight and clean no markings of any kind brilliant creamy white pages, extremely minor bumps or rubs on corners, with frontispiece drawing. Pictorial dust jacket has rubs at flap hinge edges and spine head and heel and a couple of tiny chips and tears at the top spine edge and also at the top flap folds; t also are very light minor moisture stains on the inside of the DJ flap folds and along the outside edges - as seen - I see one tiny spot on the edge of the inside back cover - very light smell [from the attic w I got these from]. My first teaching and coaching job right out of college in 1975 was at Roscoe Central School, Roscoe, NY, which was a few miles from w Clair Bee lived as an elderly gentelmen. He came to at least two of our annual sports banquets as an invited guest - what a pleasure it was for a 22 year old new coach to talk sports with him! "Clair F. Bee was enshrined in the Basketball HOF 1968; In the 1930s and 1940s, Clair Bee was synonymous with the game of basketball. A New York icon, Bee helped to make college basketball in the Big Apple a major event. Coaching eighteen seasons at Long Island University, Bee led LIU to NIT championships in 1939 and 1941. Under Bee, LIU became a national power, winning 43 consecutive games, including undefeated seasons in 1935-36 and 1938-39. Postseason, LIU played annual tournaments with homegrown talent. And, when the home team competed at Madison Square Garden, the fans went wild. Called the game's greatest defensive strategist by his contemporaries, Bee developed the 1-3-1 zone defense and was very influential in the implementation of the 3-second rule. Bee was a frequent contributor to a variety of sporting publications and authored the critically acclaimed Chip Hilton's Sports Stories for Young People." quoted from the basketball HOF web site. Please go to my m e button for additional information on collectibles we are offering! PLEASE leave positive feedback - I always do. To complete this transaction, eBay will ask you to provide a Detailed Seller Rating on our service to you. Please consider leaving us FIVE STARS on our DSR's, because as of February 2008 eBay will punish sellers who have less than 5 stars on their feedback ratings. eBay is telling buyers that 4 stars is a very good rating, but as of February, anything less than 4.9-5.0 will lower a sellers rank as far as the new search function. eBay will also charge sellers with a rating of less than 4.8 at a higher rate. Please help us keep our costs down, which is the only way we can offer such great prices to our valued customers. If you do not feel that you can give 5 stars in feedback, please let me know why you feel this way. ATTENTION COLLECTORSof Vintage and Antique Collectibles Don't miss a single item! If you're not searching eBay Stores, you're not seeing it all. To perform a Store Search, be sure to click the link labeled "Items in Stores" link on the right, then you can perform an eBay Stores Search. You'll see even more items you like, available for instant purchase in our eBay store, Myers Collectibles! Search Items Find Items By eBay Motors Categories Items by Seller Items by Bidder By Item Number Stores Items in Stores Find Stores Members Find a Member Find Contact Information Please be sure to check our store, Myers Collectibles, w we have thousands of items listed - please go t using this link /Myers-Collectibles?refid=store . Each week we l... read more

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