15 Years Ago in Sports Illustrated
The March 22, 1976, issue was unusually prescient. Curry Kirkpatrick profiled the tennis-playing Austin family, including Tracy, 13. Said her father, George, "The cutest thing was when she was nine, and she would beat the best women in the club. Then she would go play in the sandbox." One of the FACES IN THE CROWD was future hoops star Mike Gminski
, then a high school junior.