|
Jerry Colangelo (Illinois Delta, '59)
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Suns Managing General Partner Jerry Colangelo is one of six new members elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Colangelo will be joined by four players and one coach when he is enshrined on September 10, 2004 in Springfield, Mass., the birthplace of basketball. The six new electees represent the 46th group to enter the Hall of Fame since the process began in 1959.
John L. Doleva, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Basketball Hall of Fame, announced that, in addition to the Suns Chairman, former Portland Trail Blazer and Houston Rockets All-Star Clyde Drexler, championship coach Bill Sharman, legendary women's basketball superstar Lynette Woodard, the late Maurice Stokes, and dominant international guard Drazen Dalipagic comprise the Class of 2004. Sharman joins John Wooden and Lenny Wilkens as only the third person in Basketball Hall of Fame history to be enshrined as both a coach and a player.
|
Threaded Mode