Some points
I remember from circa 1975-1977:
1. Pete Crotty and Johnny Burks were a
coffee-cream import combine of Crispa. Crotty, the caucasian one was 6'9 to the
African-American Burks who was 6'6. While Burks was relatively athletic, Crotty
was a gangling center that couldn't seem to get his Toyota counterpart Byron
Snake Jones from his sweet spot. Crispa was also in a disadvantage since Burks
was relatively shorter than his opponents (Stan Cherry was 6'8, Carl Bird was
6'8, Jones was 6'9). Good thing the Redmanizers were able to stop the
