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Before Big Blue
" 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."
Book Details
- Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
- Publish Date: Aug 8th, 1996
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.31in - 6.34in - 0.80in - 1.11lb
- EAN: 9780813119915
- Categories: • History• United States - State & Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,• History
About the Author
Stanley, Gregory Kent: - Gregory Kent Stanley received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Kentucky, and is the author of The Rise and Fall of the Sportswoman: Women's Health, Fitness, and Athletics, 1860-1940.
Praise for this book
"Before Pitino was Rupp and before there was Rupp there was... well, that's what Before Big Blue is all about." -- Kentucky Living
"Stanley has convincingly reminded readers that the contemporary success and priorities of the university of Kentucky's 'Big Blue' athletics program were neither inevitable nor easy." -- Filson Club History Quarterly