Re: The Pistol
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
A few years back, I stumbled across an auction on ebay for some VHS tapes of old college basketball games of LSU when Pistol Pete played for the Tigers. Since he obviously is a local legend around here and I had only seen highlight reels of him in action, I jumped on the tapes.
After watching the two tapes, I realized exactly how special he was. I think he scored fifty points in both of the games ( he holds the NCAA career record for highest points per game average - 44.2 ppg) and some of the moves he made were unbelievable, especially in a time when going behind the back with the ball was unheard of. His ballhandling would embarrass even the And 1 street ballers.
Sorry to hear you "lost" your autograph, Dave. Somewhere over the years, I "acquired" an autograph of The Pistol. It's awesome...except it's kinda strange that he addressed it "To Dave." :)
A few years back, I stumbled across an auction on ebay for some VHS tapes of old college basketball games of LSU when Pistol Pete played for the Tigers. Since he obviously is a local legend around here and I had only seen highlight reels of him in action, I jumped on the tapes.
After watching the two tapes, I realized exactly how special he was. I think he scored fifty points in both of the games ( he holds the NCAA career record for highest points per game average - 44.2 ppg) and some of the moves he made were unbelievable, especially in a time when going behind the back with the ball was unheard of. His ballhandling would embarrass even the And 1 street ballers.
Sorry to hear you "lost" your autograph, Dave. Somewhere over the years, I "acquired" an autograph of The Pistol. It's awesome...except it's kinda strange that he addressed it "To Dave." :)
