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Luisetti

American  
[loo-set-ee] / luˈsɛt i /

noun

  1. Angelo Hank, 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.


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In basketball lore, the game is won by the one-handed jump shooting of Stanford’s Hank Luisetti.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2011

“I talked to Luisetti, and he said, ‘I never had a jump shot; it was a running one-hander kind of near the basket,’ ” Christgau said.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2011

Enticing more & more college stars each year�including Stanford's Hank Luisetti, Syracuse's Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, Dartmouth's Bob MacLeod�professional basketball is staging a comeback after a decade of eclipse by brilliant college teams.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his sophomore year, Forward Luisetti scored 32 points in 32 minutes during a Conference championship game.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three years ago, a team of Beemen ran up a string of 43 victories before finally losing to a steaming-hot Stanford bunch led by famed Shooter Hank Luisetti.

From Time Magazine Archive