Learning Basketball from his Serbian immigrant father, Petar Maravich, who became a coach, Pete Maravich, is widely considered the best ball handler of all time. He gained his nickname from his style of shooting the ball from his side, as if he were shooting a revolver.
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I don't know.. i think because of his jump shot
Peter Press "Pistol Pete" Maravich was born June 22, 1947 and died January 5, 1988.
Oscar Robertson, Rick Barry and 'Pistol' Pete Maravich.
1972-73 season through 1973-74 season, Road uniform
On Jan. 5, 1998 "Pistol" Pete Maravich died of a heart attack. He was only 40 years old. An autopsy later revealed the cause of the heart attack to be a rare congenital defect. He was born without a left coronary artery and his right coronary artery was severely oversized as it had been compensating for the defect. this is wrong! Pistol Pete died in 1988, not 1998 its really sad he died in a pick up game he was a awsome basket ball player.