Found June 23, 2009 on Salt Lake Tribune:
When the Utah Jazz drafted Kearney (Neb.) State guard Bart Kofoed in the fifth round of the 1987 draft, they got a player then-coach Frank Layden nicknamed "Joe Palooka" because of his toughness.
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