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“The Fly Is Open, Let’s Go Peay!” The Latest / Mar 24, 2008 / 1:16 am

James “Fly” Williams at a recent Brownsville Jets (Brooklyn) Old-timers’ reunion. Photo: Bobbito Garcia

Yes, little Austin Peay University made the NCAA’s this past weekend, but in the early ’70s the school featured the nation’s #1 leading scorer in playground legend James “Fly” Williams and actually won it’s first ever Tournament game as he wore the book bag. Check out this great article on www.streetballin.net, or hit up our online store and click on Bounce Back Catalog for a feature we did on Fly back in issue #4 (2004).

Jonathan DeJesus

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2 Responses to ““The Fly Is Open, Let’s Go Peay!””

March 24th, 2008 at 10:48 am

andy says:

good to know the Fly is still ‘out there’ and healthy
March 24th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:

definitely out there, and coaching a whole generation of youths out at his weekly clinic at the brownsville recreation center. he’s the man!

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