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[[Image:Pistol Pete .jpg|thumb|200px|right]]'''"Pistol" Peter Maravich''' (1947 - 1988) was an NBA [[basketball]] player. Pat Riley, now Head coach of the [[Miami Heat]], said: "Pete was the original. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever."

[[Image:Pistol Pete .jpg|thumb|200px|right]]'''"Pistol" Peter Maravich''' (1947 - 1988) was a phenomenal college [[basketball]] player. Pat Riley, long-time head coach of the [[Miami Heat]] who observed nearly every [[NBA]] star, said: "Pete was the original. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever."

His college record of an average of 44.2 points per game is considered one of the unbreakable records in all of sports, which was even more remarkable because he achieved it prior to the 3-point line and the shot clock.  While in his 30s he became as passionate a [[Christian]] and expert on the [[Bible]] as he had been about basketball.<ref>https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pistol-petes-faith-gets-new-spotlight/</ref>  He tragically died of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect while warming up for pickup game one morning in a church gym.

His college record of an average of 44.2 points per game is considered one of the unbreakable records in all of sports, which was even more remarkable because he achieved it prior to the 3-point line and the shot clock.  While in his 30s he became as passionate a [[Christian]] and expert on the [[Bible]] as he had been about basketball.<ref>https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pistol-petes-faith-gets-new-spotlight/</ref>  He tragically died of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect while warming up for pickup game one morning in a church gym.

== Childhood ==                                                   

== Childhood ==