
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, November 11, 1993                   TAG: 9311110135
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
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DALY AMONG HALL OF FAME NOMINEES

Chuck Daly wasn't about to look back after learning he was one of four coaches and seven players nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

"The next win," said the New Jersey Nets coach when asked for a favorite moment in his coaching career that began in 1955 at Punxsutawney, Pa., High School.

"That's what it's all about in this game. Winning the next one," he said. "I'm very honored to be nominated to the Hall of Fame. It's something you just don't believe will happen to you as a kid staring out with a ball. But in this game all the things in the past are just history."

Daly's history includes NBA and Ivy League titles and an Olympic gold medal.

Louisville's Denny Crum, the retired Gene Shue and Italy's Cesare Rubini were the other coaches nominated.

The international committee tabbed Rubini, who amassed a 322-28 record and 10 Italian championships during his 31 years coaching in Milan.

"Fantastic," said Carol Blazejowski, whose shooting lit up women's basketball in the 1970s. "I've waited a long time for this."

Other players nominated were Richie Guerin, Johnny Kerr, Jamaal Wilkes, Buddy Jeannette and Vern Mikkelsen. Joan Crawford, an AAU star with Nashville in the 1950s, joined Blazejowski in being proposed by the women's committee. Jeannette, a standout backcourt player during the 1940s, and Mikkelsen, one of the NBA's first power forwards, were nominated by the veterans committee.

To be elected, the 11 nominees need at least 18 votes from the 24-member Honors Committee. The committee's selections are to be announced on Feb. 8, said Hall of Fame President Joe O'Brien.

by CNB