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September 27, 2004
George Yardley, one of the most influential players in the history of the NBA, dies and gets no mention in your magazine. Yardley, who played for the Fort Wayne Pistons and stayed with them when they moved to Detroit in 1957, was the first man to score 2,000 points in an NBA season and is credited with popularizing the jump shot. He ultimately succumbed to Lou Gehrig's disease, an illness for which he and his family helped raise considerable sums of money to prevent.
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September 27, 2004

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George Yardley, one of the most influential players in the history of the NBA, dies and gets no mention in your magazine. Yardley, who played for the Fort Wayne Pistons and stayed with them when they moved to Detroit in 1957, was the first man to score 2,000 points in an NBA season and is credited with popularizing the jump shot. He ultimately succumbed to Lou Gehrig's disease, an illness for which he and his family helped raise considerable sums of money to prevent.

Justin Cohn, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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