Greg L Guffey

The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The years 1945--1959 marked the time when basketball truly became thesport of Indiana. High school basketball bound together communities across the stateand interest in the sport rose to a new level. The period saw the Milan/MuncieCentral game, given new fame through the movie Hoosiers. It also saw the firsttelevised game, the start of the career of Oscar Robertson (who played for CrispusAttucks), and friendly town rivalries to build the state's biggest gymnasium. It wasa time before the massive consolidations of the 1960s and '70s, with more than 700teams involved in basketball tournaments. (There are some 300 now.) Greg Guffey captures the flavor of the period and showcases manyof the best teams, players, and coaches. This is a book for all fans of Indianabasketball.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 217mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780253218186
• ISBN-10: 0253218187
• Artikelnr.: 21099557

Autorenporträt

Greg L. Guffey

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Beginning: "It was every player's dream to be on the varsity team.
That's all we thought about."
2. "You just forget everything and play by instinct."
3. "If you weren't at the ballgame, you were either dead or sick."
4. "It was a knock-down, drag-out affair each time we played."
5. "Being a senior, it was like the world had come to an end."
6. "We're an old river town with a lot of pride."
7. "You fought like crazy against them, but you were friends when it was
over."
8. "The idea one guy can't get you there is wrong."
9. "Once we got past Muncie, I thought we could beat the world."
10. "The sectional was the big thing. That was what gave you the bragging
rights."
11. "Very few small towns . . . are known like this small town."
12. "Oscar made the difference."
13. "We didn't beat them with a bunch of ham-and-eggers."
14. "I hear you are a pretty good player. If you've got anything, I'll get
it out of you."
15. "He looked like a toothpick, but he could shoot."
Epilogue
Appendix
Recommended Reading
Index