On May 18, 1971, Utahns were treated to their first professional championship when the Utah Stars defeated the Kentucky ...

Zelmo Beaty 1972 basketball card ... According to a highlight film of the Utah Stars’ first season, fans filled the modern Salt Palace because they “dig the action, the emotion of professional ...

(Photo: Matthew Glade, KSL-TV via Utah Stars director of promotions Grant Harrison) The fan-favorite and central pillar of the team was Zelmo Beaty. The 31-year-old Prairie View A&M grad spent ...

Zelmo Beaty, a combined five-time NBA and ABA All ... the Knicks great who will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame Sunday – the ABA’s Utah Stars, with whom he won an ABA title in 1971, and ...

Zelmo Beaty was not a big man for a guy who made his living inside ... three times in the ABA). He helped lead the Utah Stars to the 1971 ABA title. Beaty passed away Aug. 27 at the age of 73. Our ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — It’s been 45 years since the Utah Stars of the American Basketball ... championship to the Wasatch Front. Zelmo “Big Z” Beaty, Merv “The Magician” Jackson and Austin ...

500 that season without Zelmo. Following the tough championship loss, and with an unexpected move to Utah set to take hold (Sharman, Beaty and others had joined the Stars in hopes of creating yet ...

Plus, an interview with Zelmo Beaty’s widow, Annie Beaty. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed.