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Old pictures of Moses Malone and Calvin Murphy

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by htwnbandit, Nov 24, 2016.

  1. htwnbandit

    htwnbandit Member

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    Just thought I'd share, cuz I thought these were kind of cool. High-rez pics of the Rockets at the Summit in the late '70s

    (January 1977)

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    (That crowd tho)
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    Moses before going to #24
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    (January 1979)

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    (February 1979 Sports Illustrated, original photo)

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    (February 1980)

    This one's too funny

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    #1 htwnbandit, Nov 24, 2016
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    Very cool. Murph rocking the chuck taylors.
     
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    I see Rudy T in the mix also. It's always cool to look at the history of our team.

    Nice find, OP.
     
    #3 13 in 33, Nov 24, 2016
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    Indeed it's Rudy T with the face mask because of the infamous incident with Kermit Washington.
     
    #4 htwnbandit, Nov 28, 2016
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    the upper deck is so empty! have our fans always been this bad?
     
    #5 swyyyguy, Nov 28, 2016
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    Yes. The only time people showed up were the post championship years and even that didn't last very long.
     
    #6 Air Langhi, Nov 28, 2016
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    Espeically back in the '70s when the team was unproven. When they started going deep in the playoffs is when it got a bit better. The '77 team is the farthest any Houston team ever made it in the playoffs up to that point (Eastern Conference Finals).
     
    #7 htwnbandit, Nov 28, 2016
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