George Raveling’s passing, at age 88, will elicit sorrowful comments and fond remembrances from around the world.

Proof, truly, that Raveling had forged an unimaginable path from his rugged youth in a Pennsylvania home for boys into a global ambassador to the world of basketball.

It started with a fierce desire to take possession of any basketball that failed to find the net, and spread into a successful coaching career capitalizing on his powers to recruit and instruct and motivate young men.

His unrelenting intellectual curiosity, charisma and wisdom then expanded into a life of limitless depth and dimension.

Tales will be told of how he influenced Michael Jordan into representing Nike (Jordan: “Without George, there would be no Air Jordan”), and how Charles Barkley said: “Coach Rav

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