Chick Hearn 📅 November 27, 1916
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"The Origin of the Nickname"

His real name is Francis Dayle Hearn, but was nicknamed Chick when, as an AAU basketball player, he opened a box of sneakers that had been given to him and found, instead, a chicken inside.
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"In 1979 Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, The Forum and a ranch for $67.5 million, the largest transaction in American sports history."
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34 year old Julius "Dr. J" Erving hits his head on the backboard during the 1984 Dunk Contest.
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That off-season, the NBA institutes a change to the dimensions, closing the gap between bottom of basket and backboard
*Backboard height is shortened 6 inches*
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