Posted on 06/09/2024 7:46:30 AM PDT by FLNittany
Josh Maravich, the son of the Hall of Famer "Pistol" Pete, died last week. He was 42. Josh, like his father, played basketball at LSU – he didn't quite have his father's stardom, playing in only 13 games. However, it was a childhood dream for him to play at the arena that bears his father's name.
"I wanted to come here for my dad to make him proud," Josh said in a 2005 article in the LSU school paper, The Daily Reveille, per the university's site. "I knew I wasn’t going to be a star player, but for me being a walk-on was what I always wanted to do."
The school said he died in his family's home in Covington, Louisiana. Pistol Pete was back in the news earlier this year, as Caitlin Clark surpassed his NCAA record for the most points ever scored by a college basketball player.
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So what? Unless you’re a racist.
Regardless, LSU played 14 non conference games in the 69-70 season.
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