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Bob Bone of Clayton High School Recalls Birth of 3-Pointers
The athletic director played basketball in high school and college, STLhighschoolsports.com reports.
Former star basketball player Bob Bone, now 's athletic director, recalls the introduction of the 3-point shot in an article this week on STLhighschoolsports.com article.
Quoting from the article:
"Bone … grew up playing for legendary Collinsville coach Vergil Fletcher. A terrific shooting guard in high school and an all-American in college at Missouri-St. Louis, Bone didn't spend much time looking for 20-foot jumpers."
Read Bone's observations about the way basketball changed in 1987 in the complete STLhighschoolsports.com article.
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