Champion of the barrio : the legacy of Coach Buryl Baty /
Buryl Baty (1924-1954) was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men, and an early pioneer in the fight against bigotry. In 1950, Baty became head football coach at Bowie High School in El Paso and quickly inspired his athletes, all Mexican Americans from the Segundo Barrio, with his winning ways and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2015.
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "No Mexicans allowed": September 1954
- Paris, Texas: 1930-1938
- Coach Raymond Berry and the seeds of success: fall 1939
- Breakout! 1940 season
- The state playoffs
- Bo and Buryl
- The mighty Paris Wildcats: fall 1941
- Can't wait!
- Big time: fall 1942
- Aggieland
- Dark clouds: 1943
- The war years: 1944-1946
- Homecoming: 1946
- A new season: fall 1947
- Last chance 'Gig 'em, Aggies!: fall 1948
- A calling: fall 1949
- A different world: summer and fall 1950
- Finally, a real game
- Rebuilding: 1951
- This should be our year: 1952
- We will get this right: spring 1953
- High hopes: 1953 season
- The playoffs!
- Nothing can stop us now: 1954 season
- Snyder game: September 24, 1954
- On top of the world!: September 25-October 8, 1954
- Let's get home: October 8, 1954
- The longest night: October 9, 1954
- This cannot be true: October 9, 1954
- El Paso in mourning
- Buryl goes home
- What now?
- Lots of living left to do
- Coincidence or providence?: October 1966
- Found treasures: a look into a soul: 2002
- Afterword: the author's journey through the eyes of others
- Acknowledgments
- Reflections by those touched by Coach Baty.