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9780813119915

Before Big Blue : Sports at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1940

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    9780813119915

  • ISBN10:

    081311991X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-08-08
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
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Summary

" Chronicles the early history of organized sports at UK, from the tenuous beginnings under student leadership, through the early scandals, financial instability, and clashes with administration, to the Purge of 1938 that paved the way for basketball's ascendancy."

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
List of tables
viii
Preface ix
Introduction 1(6)
The Arrival of Football on Campus
7(18)
The First Athletic Scandal
25(18)
A Brief Moment in the Sun
43(10)
A Shelter from the Storm
53(25)
The Early McVey Years
78(16)
Banning Women's Sports at the University
94(19)
From Humble Origins to Signature Sport
113(20)
Expansion, Depression, and Fiscal Chaos
133(11)
The Purge of 1938
144(12)
Epilogue 156(3)
Notes 159(22)
Bibliography 181(3)
Index 184

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