James W. Johnson

Dandy Dons (eBook, PDF)

Bill Russell, K. C. Jones, Phil Woolpert, and One of College Basketball's Greatest and Most Innovative Teams

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Produktbeschreibung

In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport.James W. Johnson traces the backgrounds of the coach and players, chronicles the heart-stopping games on the road to the championships, and details the Dons' novel techniques: a more vertical game, more central defense, and intimidation as part of game strategy. He also gives a textured picture of life on an integrated basketball team amid a culture of racism and Jim Crow in mid-twentieth-century America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Original
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803224445
• Artikelnr.: 55972697

Autorenporträt

James W. Johnson is an emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of several books, including The Wow Boys: A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College Football, available in a Bison Books edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Changing Game    000
Acknowledgments   000
Introduction      000
1. Russell's Coming of Age    000
2. A Road Trip to Discovery   000
3. On Catholic Schools and Race     000
4. Another Surprise Recruit   000
5. A School He'd Never Heard Of     000
6. Roommates and Friends Forever    000
7. Time to Produce      000
8. A Disappointing Season     000
9. An Unlikely Coach    000
10. A Surprising Move   000
11. The Trail to the Title    000
12. Russell Brings about Rule Changes     000
13. The Machine Rolls On      000
14. Into the Deep South 000
15. Holiday Travel and the Stall    000
16. Two in a Row  000
17. A New Sport for Russell   000
18. The Aftermath 000
19. Epilogue      000
Notes 000
Bibliography      000