CHF 38.90

Becoming Iron Men
The Stories of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers

English · Hardback

Shipping usually within 3 to 5 weeks

This item cannot be returned.

Description

Read more

"The greatest untold story in college basketball history. Loyola University Chicago was ahead of its time when racial matters were forefront in a long overdue revolution in civil rights. The Ramblers of the 1962-1963 NCAA college basketball season were pioneers in race relations in sport, though most of the time they were simply playing the sport they loved. When the NCAA tournament began in March, the Ramblers engaged in a series for the ages, daring to be the first NCAA Division I school to play five black athletes on the court at once and capturing the most prestigious title in college basketball at a time when states below the Mason-Dixon line still had laws on the books preventing black and white athletes from mixing even in pick-up games. Recordswere set, rivals faced, and one of the most famous and significant contests in college basketball playoff history played out in what incidentally became a model showcase for race relations. Nearly every time the Ramblers took the court, the game was unique in its magnitude. Relying significantly on exclusive interviews with surviving players, now in their seventies, Lew Freedman chronicles the entire journey, the adventure of the season that bound tight for a lifetime the group of men who lived through it"--

Product details

Authors Lew Freedman
Publisher Texas Tech University Press
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 05.04.2014
Subject Guides > Sport > Ball sport
 
EAN 9780896728776
ISBN 978-0-89672-877-6
 
Series Sport in the American West
Sport in the American West
Subjects SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball
Sports & Recreation
SPORTS & RECREATION / History
 

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.