About this item
A must-have book for any Cavs fan, Cleveland Cavaliers A- Z is compiled alphabetically for easy accessibility. The book offers a complete history of the franchise and includes hundreds of different items of interest.After the Cavaliers were founded as an expansion team in 1970, the team and its fans endured a league-worst 15-67 record in the inaugural season under head coach Bill Fitch. That gave the Cavs the first pick in the 1971 NBA Draft, which they used on Notre Dame's Austin Carr, who joined a Cavaliers team that already had expansion draftee Bobby "Bingo" Smith. An influx of talent that included Jim Cleamons, Jim Chones, and Dick Snyder eventually led to the team's first-ever playoff appearance in 1975-76--including the "Miracle of Richfield" against the Washington Bullets.
About the Author
Roger Gordon has written nine sports books, most recently Blanton's Browns: The Great 1965-69 Cleveland Browns and A Century of NFL Football: The All-Time Quiz. He has written four other football books and three basketball books. For eight years, Gordon wrote for the magazine Bernie's Insiders/The Orange and Brown Report for which he conducted personal interviews with some 70 former Cleveland Browns, including Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Ozzie Newsome and Leroy Kelly. Other publications Gordon has written for include The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Lake Erie Living Magazine and the Record-Courier in Portage County, Ohio. He is a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association.
