Presented is a 1954 “Outstanding Player Award Third Annual E.C.A.C. Holiday Basketball Festival Madison Square Garden 1954 Tom Gola LaSalle College” trophy presented to the former Explorers college hoops star. Gola, who had many memorable nights as a college basketball player at the Garden, was participating in his third consecutive Christmas holiday season tournament in the “World’s Greatest Arena” at the beginning of his senior year. The 7 x 8 x 21-inch trophy stands tall with a gold metal figural statue of a basketball player holding a basketball over his head in his right hand atop a 9½-inch brown wood and gold metal column with a brown wood base. The column features sculpted wood on the sides and the 2¾ x 7¼-inch gold metal plaque with the details of the award as given above. The wood base also includes a 2 x 3 x 5-inch gold metal eagle sculpture with its wings spread wide. This item comes with a LOA from the Tom Gola Estate.

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