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Mannheim, Germany, September 1955: Bob Cousy, right, takes a shot as Fuerstenfeldbruck player (and future University of North Carolina coaching legend) Dean Smith defends during the 1955 USAFE basketball clinic. According to a Stripes story about the clinic, Cousy’s “dribbling exploits while demonstrating maneuvers here have several times brought forth spontaneous applause from the USAFE, Army and NATO coaches.”

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