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Word: pivotman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kentucky, No. 1, which last week crushed Georgia Tech, 93-42, for its 106th consecutive home-court victory. A perennial threat, Kentucky is sparked by the scoring of Pivotman (6 ft. 4 in.) Cliff Hagan (21 points a game), the all-court play of 6 ft. 3 in. Guard Frank Ramsey, and the playmaking of little (5 ft. 10 in.) Captain Bobby Watson. Average home attendance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Big Ten | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Vern Mikkelsen-were seesawing the Trotters dizzy from a double pivot. At the half, Minneapolis was breezing along in front, 40-29. Although the Globetrotters put two and sometimes three men on Mikan, they could not stop the big fellow, and loose-jointed "Sweetwater" Clifton, the Trotters' pivotman center, fouled out trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Night of Reckoning | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

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