Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball (eBook)

James Duane Bolin (Autor)

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2019
398 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7724-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An in-depth look at the life of the influential University of Kentucky basketball coach and his legacy.Known as the "e;Man in the Brown Suit"e; and the "e;Baron of the Bluegrass,"e; Adolph Rupp (1901-1977) is a towering figure in the history of college athletics. In Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball, historian James Duane Bolin goes beyond the wins and losses to present the fullest account of Rupp's life to date based on more than one-hundred interviews with Rupp, his assistant coaches, former players, University of Kentucky presidents and faculty members, and his admirers and critics, as well as court transcripts, newspaper accounts, and other archival materials. His teams won four NCAA championships (1948, 1949, 1951, and 1958), the 1946 National Invitation Tournament title, and twenty-seven Southeastern Conference regular season titles. Rupp's influence on the game of college basketball and his impact on Kentucky culture are both much broader than his impressive record on the court.Bolin covers Rupp's early years?from his rural upbringing in a German Mennonite family in Halstead, Kansas, through his undergraduate years at the University of Kansas playing on teams coached by Phog Allen and taking classes with James Naismith, the inventor of basketball?to his success at Kentucky. This revealing portrait of a pivotal figure in American sports also exposes how college basketball changed, for better or worse, in the twentieth century.Praise for Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball"e;This detailed and richly researched biography is written in a clear and engaging manner that reflects the work of a historian at the top of his game. Bolin is definitely fully engaged with Adolph Rupp's multi-faceted life and has demonstrated his mastery of his wide-ranging sources. An excellent book!"e; -Richard O. Davies, Distinguished Profess or History, Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno"e;An incisive analysis of Adolph Rupp's role in creating the Big Blue Nation . . . . An unvarnished and well-sourced examination of a flawed human being . . . . A must-read for any true Kentucky fan."e; -Roberta Schultz, WVXU Radio Cincinnati

Autor

lt;P>James Duane Bolin is professor emeritus of history at Murray State University. He is the author of Home and Away: A Professor's Journal, Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940, and Kentucky Baptists, 1925--2000: A Story of Cooperation. He lives in Murray, Kentucky.

Inhalt

PrologueIntroductionChapter One The Halstead Years, 1901-1919Chapter Two The University of Kansas and the Jayhawk Café, 1919-1923Chapter Three Before Big Blue, 1923-1930Chapter Four Building a Tradition: Rupp's Early Years at UK, 1930-1941Chapter Five World War II and the Games March On, 1941-1945Chapter Six The Fabulous FiveChapter Seven The Golden Era, 1946-1951Chapter Eight ScandalChapter Nine The Businessman at HomeChapter Ten From a Canceled Season to the Fiddlin' Five, 1952-1958Chapter Eleven Rupp and RaceChapter Twelve Rupp's Runts and Runner UpsChapter Thirteen Transitional Times, 1966-1972Chapter Fourteen Forced Retirement and Post-UK YearsEpilogue Remembering the Baron

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2019
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Schlagworte: adolph rupp • Basketball • halstead • James Naismith • jayhawks • Kansas • Kentucky • NCAA • Phog Allen • point-shaving scandal • University of Kentucky • Wildcats
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7724-3 / 0813177243
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7724-3 / 9780813177243