Title:
Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever
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1st ed.
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
New York : Hyperion, ©2006.
Physical Description:
xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781401307912
Abstract:
A basketball coach describes how, in 1966, as coach of Texas Western College, he used a starting lineup of five black players to beat the top-ranked University of Kentucky team, paving the way for desegregation of all Southern college teams.
Contents:
Legend -- Enid, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma A & M -- Tumbleweed High -- Shootin' pool -- Texas western -- Bad news -- Five black players -- The pipeline -- 1966 season -- NCAA tournament -- Final hour -- The fallout -- Recruiting battles -- El Paso -- Retirement -- Acknowledgments.
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Language:
English
