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Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever / Don Haskins with Dan Wetzel.
Publication details: New York : Hyperion, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1401307914
- 9781401307912
- GV 884 .H26 A29 2006
Contents:
Summary: 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.
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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Fiction | Main Collection | GV 884 .H26 A29 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5191428 |
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.
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.
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