Archive photo of the day
Dean Smith and Bob Cousy, 1955
Stars and Stripes
May 8, 2022
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.”