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Lot # 1174: CCNY Basketball Scandal (15)

Category: All Sports

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Item was in Auction "June 2010 Catalog",
which ran from 6/8/2010 12:00 AM to
7/9/2010 9:00 PM



Collection of 15 photos related to the 1951 point-shaving scandal involving the City College of New York basketball team and a number of other schools. Players who participated in the fixing of games are shown here, as are players from Toledo and Oklahoma. The NCAA refused to hold its championship game in the New York City area for 50 years in the aftermath of this scandal. Eleven of the photos are 8 x 10"; the others range in size from 2 x 4 1/2" to 8 x 5". Overall EX-MT.

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