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Ex-Piston Yardley, 75, succumbs to ALSLOS ANGELES -- George Yardley, a former Detroit Pistons forward who in 1957-58 became the first player in the NBA to score 2,000 points in a season, has died. He was 75. Yardley, who played for Fort Wayne, Detroit and Syracuse in his
seven-year professional career, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig's
disease at his Newport Beach home, said his oldest son, Rob. Yardley was a basketball star at Stanford, where he studied
engineering and was known as "Yardbird" by his fraternity
brothers...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1858875&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233
seven-year professional career, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig's
disease at his Newport Beach home, said his oldest son, Rob. Yardley was a basketball star at Stanford, where he studied
engineering and was known as "Yardbird" by his fraternity
brothers...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1858875&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233
