Point Guard (1971); Murderers' Row (May 1921)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    18 December 1971, SPORTING NEWS, pg. 6, col. 2:
>    The point guard is Harold Fox, one of the premier backcourt stars in the country.

Here's earlier from ProQuest:

1970 _N.Y. Times_ 3 Dec. 80  "We have no such things as guards, forwards
and centers in our 1-3-1 offense," said Tom Wasdin, Jacksonville's new
coach, yesterday.  "At least we don't call them by those names.  We
classify our players by the kind of job we want them to do and when we
recruit, we look for point guards, wings and postmen.  "A point guard is a
new name for the old-fashioned playmaker," the Dolphin coach continued.

Fred Shapiro


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