George raveling and martin luther king
Sixty years ago this August, George Raveling made a bold request to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. As a volunteer event security.
George Raveling, who would become a Hall of Fame college basketball coach, ended up with an original copy of King's speech....
George Raveling
American basketball coach and announcer (born 1937)
George Henry Raveling (born June 27, 1937) is an American former college basketball player and coach.
He played at Villanova University, and was the head coach at Washington State University(1972–1983), the University of Iowa(1983–1986), and the University of Southern California(1986–1994).
Raveling has been Nike's global basketball sports marketing director since he retired from coaching in 1994.[2]A formerFOX Sports Netcolor commentator, he is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon produced a film called Air about Nike's signing of Michael Jordan and ultimately the Air Jordan brand.[4]Marlon Wayans plays Raveling in the film.
Early life
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Raveling did not play basketball until his ninth grade year.[5] He was enrolled at St. Michael's, a Catholic boarding school in Hoban Height