March 1949 SPORT Cover (Ralph Beard, University of Kentucky) Finish:36x48 stretched canvas amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Roberto Clemente

half-crippled

as they stand on the dugout in this stunning

March 1949 SPORT Cover (Ralph Beard, University of Kentucky) Finish:36x48 stretched canvas amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)Ralph Beard of the University of Kentucky was featured on the cover of the March 1949 issue of the SPORT Magazine. A controversial figure in the basketball world, Beard would star for the Wildcats helping lead them to consecutive NCAA Championships in 1948 and 1949, but would receive a life time ban from the NBA for his role in the 1951 NCAA point shaving scandal. SPORT Magazine, which ran from 1946 to 2000, celebrated what its editors accurately