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Keynote speaker Pat Croce graced the cover of Success magazine as the first person to ascend from the training room to the boardroom of a professional sports team. His remarkable success as a physical therapist and pioneer in the sports medicine field to the colorful leader responsible for the resurrection of the Philadelphia 76ers as a NBA championship contender has been defined as one of the most amazing stories in sports history.
Through his business savvy, dynamic personality, and emphasis on
customer service, Croce built Sports Physical Therapists, a sports
medicine empire of 40 centers in 11 states, into a top-ten finalist for
the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Following the
sale of his company, Croce focused his entrepreneurial spirit and
indestructible positive attitude on the purchase of the NBA’s last
place team, the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. During his five-year tenure as
president, the team rose from worse to first in the NBA standings and
broke franchise records in attendance, revenue, merchandise . . .
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