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Originally posted by M&M Guy
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Originally posted by Goose
and one guy used to draw the numbers in the air!
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Hey, I kinda like that! Now, did he "draw" them backwards so the table can see them correctly?
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That would be Mendy Rudolph, who's in the NBA Hall of Fame(I think).He trained Earl Strom. He was my idol as a young official way back when I started out. Just an amazing presence on the court- seemed to get into about 10% of the arguments that the other officials got into. He just had that much respect from the players and coaches. Mendy was supposedly credited as being the "father" of the modern signalling system. He was one of the first officials(if not the first) to use their hands to denote numbers. The only number that he actually "drew" in the air was "0". He would make several circles in the air with the forefinger of the hand he was using to give that number.
I can think of a better choice of finger to gesture with sometimes.
More useless info for people with too much off-season time on their hands.
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