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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
I didn't realize that it continued into the '80s, but yes. The rule used to be that a player was awarded one free throw for every foul. On the 7th foul of the half, a player would shoot one free throw and, if successful, would be awarded one more.
This applied to ALL personal fouls, including those committed by the player in control of the ball.
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That would not have been in the 80's, I don't think.
I'm wondering if by "charge" the author is referring to a situation where the ball handler passed the ball and then ran Alford over? Alford was sneaky that way...