Vintage Basketball Collectors - What's new (ummm ahh, I mean old)?

[Toy Wheeler]

Wonderful find, Rob! Would love to see a page from the Chicago Crusaders' scorebook if you could place another image.

[ramram]

Toy -

Here's a Kautskys vs. Chicago Crusader's game.

Rob M.

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[Toy Wheeler]

Wow, thanks, Rob. The Chicago Crusaders are one of pro basketball's best untold stories, featuring about a dozen seminal stars of the Thirties who made names & breakthroughs in Chicago & elsewhere.

[MK]

I've been trying to complete a run of these record books which were put out by the Indianapolis News back when Indiana High School basketball was king.

[Toy Wheeler]

My word, MK -- those are true treasures, too! Do you happen to have the books from 1940, 1941, & 1942? In those seasons my high school was coached by the legendary Marion Crawley. Fully four of Crawley's kids -- Leo Klier, Charlie Harmon, Art Grove, & Big Jim Riffey -- went on to significant professional basketball careers.

Dr J Naismith spoke memorably in Indianapolis in 1936. Would love to know whether those Indy News books were printed in the Thirties, too. Thanks!

[MK]

Toy Wheeler,
The first year of this publication was 1942. I have never seen one, as I'm sure it was a very limited production. It was also not published in 1944 or 45 due to the war. I checked but none of the ones I have Marion Crawley on the cover. He was a great coach. Here are a few more examples from my collection.

[Vintage Basketball Pat]

I look on here quite often, but it has been some time since I added a remark. I have an extensive collection of vintage basketball items...and I love the old publications.

Below is an image of the 1942 and 1943 Indianapolis Record Books - hopefully you can see it.

Marian Crawley is on the first booklet.



Enjoy!

Vintage Basketball Pat