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Friday 30 October 2015

Utah basketball: ' 70s star 'Ticky' Burden dies at 62

Source: www.sltrib.com --- Thursday, October 29, 2015
Luther Burden, whom everyone called “Ticky,” had a life that often read like a tall tale. As a high school sensation, friends said, he had the key to the playground lights so he could shoot on his own until 2 a.m. He told people about playing Dr. J one-on-one in a Long Island gym. He put on shooting exhibitions, where legend had it that he once made 571 free throws out of 600 attempts in a single night, well after he had retired from the ABA and NBA. The stories may defy belief in some instances... ...



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