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A Look Back At Pistol Pete

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It's been a long time since Pete Maravich dazzled the basketball world, but for those who never saw him, it doesn't take long to understand his genius - or how he influenced Larry Bird, for that matter.  But you don't have to watch the two of them long to understand that he did.

His greatness is even more amazing in retrospect, for no one knew that he was born without a left coronary artery until after he died.

Here's some wonderful footagewhich demonstrates his genius.

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