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West Virginia’s championship teams at WVU and Marshall and athletic superstars like Jerry West and Mary Lou Retton are familiar to many, but few know the untold story of sports in the Mountain State. This book chronicles the famous athletic triumphs and heart-breaking losses of local heroes and lege...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnett, C. Robert (Clarence Robert), 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown, W.V. : West Virginia University Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Sports > West Virginia > History > 20th century.
Sports > Virginie-Occidentale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Manners and customs
Sports
West Virginia > History > 20th century.
West Virginia > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Virginie-Occidentale > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
West Virginia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Baseball Comes to West Virginia : A History of Minor League Baseball in the Mountain State
  • Oakhurst Links : From the First Golf Club in America to the Greenbrier Classic
  • The Beginning of Football in West Virginia : The First Three Decades, 1891–1919
  • Davis & Elkins Beats Navy : The Rise of College Football in the 1920s
  • West Virginia’s “Separate but Equal Basketball Tournament”
  • West Virginia University and Marshall College : National College Basketball Champions
  • West Virginia State College: National Champions
  • The 1950s : The Golden Age of West Virginia University Athletics
  • No Field of Dreams, Not Even a Field : West Liberty’s Golden Baseball Season
  • West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball : 1935–2013
  • The Girls’ Turn To Play : From the First State Basketball Tournament in 1919 Through Title IX and Beyond
  • Ashes to Glory : Marshall Football from 1960 to We Are Marshall
  • A Major Leads His Army : West Virginia University Football, 1960 through the Don Nehlen Years
  • A History of High School Sports in West Virginia
  • Epilogue : Sports in West Virginia, 2011.

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