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A Time for Heroes
by Gerard J. St. John
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Rated "G" by the Author.

       
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     Tom Gola was the personification of Philadelphia basketball in the 1950s and 1960s. To many of us, he was a hero.

Wilt Chamberlain was wrong.  Sometimes people do root for Goliath.

 

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Reviewed by Budd Nelson 2/13/2014
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