in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, A basketball team made up of Mormon Missionaries, was tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team prepare for their first ever Olympics. the Mormon Yankees were to play against several of the best basketball teams in the world in a pre-Olympic tournament. Coming Down Under to preach their religion to a skeptical Australian public. They not only won over the population with their clean cut looks and outstanding sportsmanship, they also defeated all of the Olympic teams they played, with the exception of the Russians and were treated like rock stars.
This is the TRUE STORY of how these Mormon Missionaries changed the hearts and minds of an entire nation and set forth events that would change the way Australians thought about and treated the 'Mormons'.
This is the TRUE STORY of how these Mormon Missionaries changed the hearts and minds of an entire nation and set forth events that would change the way Australians thought about and treated the 'Mormons'.
