Golden Age of Amateur Basketball

H. Grundman Adolph

Description

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has long symbolized the idealism of amateur athletic competition. For basketball especially, the AAU provided an opportunity for athletes to showcase their skills for the benefit of the team and the sport, not the bottom line. In The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball, Adolph H. Grundman recounts the history of the AAU National Tournament during its golden age, 1921 through 1968.

 

Grundman analyzes the early tournaments, examining rule changes, key players, and dominant teams. He explores the rivalries between corporations for amateur dominance after 1935, the competition between the AAU and the National Collegiate Athletic Association for representation in Olympic basketball, the question of just how amateur “amateur” basketball really was, and the reasons for the demise of postcollegiate amateur basketball. The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball provides the first history of AAU basketball and identifies players and teams that made major contributions to basketball history.

Sujets

• Baloncesto
• Basketball
• Basket-ball

Informations

• Publié par: UNP - Nebraska
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2004
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780803204720
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball

TheaauTournament,1921–1968

Adolph H. Grundman

University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London

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©2004by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America  Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Grundman, Adolph H. The golden age of amateur basket- ball : theaautournament,1921– 1968/ Adolph H. Grundman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8032-7117-4(pbk. : alk. paper) 1.aauTournament (Basketball— History.2. Basketball—United States—History—20th century. 3. Amateur Athletic Union of the United States—History. I. Title. gv885.49.a45g78 2004 796.332'06—dc22 2004007210

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To my family: Claudia, Sara, and Julie

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction

Contents

Part1. A Basketball Tradition Is Born Everything Is Up-to-Date in Kansas City TheaauTournament in Denver Forrest C. Allen and the Politics of Olympic Basketball

Part2. A Dynasty Is Created Gruenig and McCracken Triumphant Phillips66andaauBasketball The Rich Get Richer

Part3. The National Industrial Basketball League 7. Bartlesville versus the Bay 8. Here Come the Cats 9Bartlesville to Seattle. From 10. Parity Prevails Part4. From Ecstasy to Agony 11Last Hurrah. Denver’s 12. The National Industrial Basketball League Collapses 13“Dribble Derby” Passes into History. The

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viiicontents Appendix A. Summary ofaauChampionship Finals and Winning Coaches,1921–1968 243 Appendix B.aauAll-Americans,1921–1968 263 Notes271 Bibliographic Essay307 Index311

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Illustrations

Following page122 Jack McCracken Robert “Ace” Gruenig Vince Boryla Johnny Dee 1948Olympic team Bob Kurland Chuck Hyatt Burdie Haldorson Omar “Bud” Browning Angelo “Hank” Luisetti Jim Pollard Don Barksdale and Oakland Bittners Frank Lubin and Twentieth Century Fox Warren Womble Peoria Cats,1958 Alex Hannum Dick Boushka

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