Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 9, 1994 TAG: 9411090061
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
As Lew Alcindor, Abdul-Jabbar led UCLA to three NCAA championships. In the NBA, he led the Milwaukee Bucks to their only title and the Los Angeles Lakers to five, was MVP an unprecedented six times and played in a record 19 All-Star games.
Also nominated as players were former Boston Celtics defensive ace Tom ``Satch'' Sanders; Arnie Risen, who played on NBA championship teams with Rochester and Boston; Vern Mikkelsen, one of NBA's first power forwards with the Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s; and Kresimir Cosic, a former Yugoslavian star, nominated by the International Committee.
Nominated as coaches were Gene Shue, who had a knack for turning struggling franchises into winners during his 22 years of coaching in the NBA; John Kundla, who coached the Minneapolis Lakers to six titles in the 1940s and 1950s; and Alexsandr Gomelsky, the longtime Soviet coach whose 1988 squad won the Olympic gold medal. Gomelsky also was nominated by the International Committee.
Anne Donovan, a standout center from Old Dominion, who led the U.S. women's team to two Olympic gold medals, and Cheryl Miller, who led Southern California to a pair of NCAA championships, were nominated by the Women's Committee.
The late Earl Strom, who officiated 29 NBA championship games during his 32-year career was nominated as a referee.
To be elected, a nominee needs 18 votes from the 24-member Honors Committee. The committee is to vote in February.
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