Josh Maravich, the son of the Corridor of Famer “Pistol” Pete, died final week. He was 42.
Josh, like his father, performed basketball at LSU – he did not fairly have his father’s stardom, taking part in in solely 13 video games.
Nonetheless, it was a childhood dream for him to play on the enviornment that bears his father’s title.
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“I needed to return right here for my dad to make him proud,” Josh mentioned in a 2005 article within the LSU faculty paper, The Day by day Reveille, per the college’s web site. “I knew I wasn’t going to be a star participant, however for me being a walk-on was what I all the time needed to do.”
The varsity mentioned he died in his household’s residence in Covington, Louisiana.
Pistol Pete was again within the information earlier this yr, as Caitlin Clark surpassed his NCAA file for probably the most factors ever scored by a school basketball participant.
Senior Josh Maravich shakes fingers with coach John Brady as his mom, Jackie Maravich watches throughout Senior Day occasions earlier than LSU’s recreation towards Vanderbilt on March 5, 2005, on the Pete Maravich Meeting Heart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP Picture/Invoice Feig, File)
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In his three years in Baton Rouge, Pistol Pete scored 3,667 factors – Clark surpassed him by 284.
He was the third total choose within the 1970 NBA Draft to the Atlanta Hawks, and he was a five-time NBA All-Star.
Pete retired after the 1979-1980 season, however post-retirement life was brief – he died in 1988 on the age of 40 as a consequence of a coronary heart situation that went undetected. No reason behind demise has been given for Josh.
Josh was simply 5 years outdated when his father died.
Josh is survived by his mom, Jackie, stepfather James, and older brother Jaeson.
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The Maravich brothers have been each concerned within the statue ceremony for his or her father, arising with the concept that he ought to be proven with a classic behind-the-back cross.
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