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Houston Cougars in the 1960s, death threats, the veer offense, and the game of the century, Robert Jacobus

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Houston Cougars in the 1960s, death threats, the veer offense, and the game of the century, Robert Jacobus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Houston Cougars in the 1960s

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

913164159

Responsibility statement

Robert Jacobus

Series statement

Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series

Sub title

death threats, the veer offense, and the game of the century

Summary

On January 20, 1968, the University of Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending a 47-game winning streak. Billed as the "Game of the Century," the defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by 52,693 fans and a national television audience--the first-ever regular-season game broadcast nationally. But the game would never have happened if Houston coach Guy Lewis had not recruited two young black men from Louisiana in 1964: Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes. Despite facing hostility both at home and on the road, Chaney and Hayes led the Cougars basketball team to 32 straight victories. Similarly in Cougar football, coach Bill Yeoman recruited Warren McVea in 1964, and by 1967 McVea had helped the Houston gridiron program lead the nation in total offense. Houston Cougars in the 1960s features the first-person accounts of the players, the coaches, and others involved in the integration of collegiate athletics in Houston, telling the gripping story of the visionary coaches, the courageous athletes, and the committed supporters who blazed a trail not only for athletic success but also for racial equality in 1960s Houston.

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Wade Phillips -- Foreword / James Kirby Martin -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- America's segregated city -- Dorm bunks and cramped arenas -- Blackouts and JCC hardwoods -- Black players leave Jim Crow Texas -- Bill's veer and Guy V's dunks -- Wondrous Warren and the Judge -- Elvin, Don, and maternal influence -- Coming to Houston -- McVea, big crowds, and kittens -- Freshman dunks -- Varsity Cougar -- 'We want a field house!' -- The real Wondrous Warren -- Final Four -- Halfback in the crosshairs -- Prelude to glory -- The game of the century -- The diamond and one.game

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