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Leo Ferris
Leo Ferris was an American sports executive and businessman from Elmira, New York best known for helping invent the 24-second shot clock in the National Basketball Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Long-forgotten Leo Ferris helped devise NBA's 24-second clock, first used 61 years ago today )〕
With Ben Kerner and B.W. Grafton, Ferris founded the Buffalo Bisons, which played in the National Basketball League in 1946. The Bisons evolved into the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, based in Moline, Illinois, which eventually became the Milwaukee Hawks, the St. Louis Hawks, and finally today's Atlanta Hawks. He signed Pop Gates, one of the first two African-American players in the NBL, in 1946. He later became NBL vice president and helped orchestrate its eventual merger with the Basketball Association of America, forming what would become today's NBA.
Concerns about a fan-unfriendly slow pace led to discussion of adding a shot clock to NBA games, adding possessions and excitement. Ferris and Danny Biasone — owner of the Syracuse Nationals, where Ferris was general manager — are often given credit for the selection of 24 seconds, though there is evidence Ferris may deserve the lion's share.〔
He left sports in 1955 and entered the real estate business. Ferris died in 1993, at age 76 of Huntington's disease.
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