As former Goodyear Wingfoots gather, Larry Brown recalls special first step on Hall of Fame journey

Posted May 11, 2019
Larry Brown played only two seasons with the Goodyear Wingfoots before going on to a four-decade coaching career that landed him in the Basketball Hall of Fame. But he still remembers the employee number he used to clock in as part of the company’s “Squad”, which required coming to work in a tie and jacket and changing into coveralls for factory duty. (Akron Beacon Journal)

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