Basketball Memorabilia Stolen

xdrx · #1 08-25-2011, 02:45 PM

from espn.com:

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DePaul assistant coach Billy Garrett returned from the Blue Demons' recent trip to France to find that everything in his Chicago home had been stolen earlier this week....Among the items stolen was memorabilia Garrett's father passed down to him. Garrett's father, Bill Garrett, was a legendary basketball player and coach in Indiana. The items included his father's Indiana Mr. Basketball ring, his 1947 high school state championship ring, his Harlem Globetrotters' jersey...

For full story:
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Maybe someone from the community here will stumble across one of these items.

Leon · #2 08-25-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xdrx

from espn.com:

For full story:
LINK

Maybe someone from the community here will stumble across one of these items.

thanks for posting this. Our board has far reaching hands.....maybe someone will see the stuff and report it. May the thieves be caught......

esd10 · #3 08-25-2011, 04:59 PM

thats sad the problem is these items will go into the market and lose there stories and history

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