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Philly's Harvey Pollack Has Kept Track of NBA From the Start

 
THE CANADIAN PRESS reports "Harvey Pollack has a dedication to numbers that would make a numerologist jealous. Add in a love for oddball NBA statistics that only he can break down and it's no wonder he's been called ‘Super Stat' for more than 40 years. For a man who's never without a trivia question, here's one for ol' Harv: What took so long for a nickname? ‘I think they wanted to make sure I'd stick around,' the 86-year-old Pollack said with a laugh.” (link)

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