Would this have been an historic event?

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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Anyone know when that jump ball rule was changed? I'm so old my memory isn't much good further back than about 24 minutes, er, hours, I think.

"In that era, a jump ball followed every basket, a practice that was eliminated in 1937."

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[QUOTE=dsqrddgd909;705150]"In that era, a jump ball followed every basket, a practice that was eliminated in 1937."

That would be about right. He played in the late 1920's/early 1930's.