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"Far from the jaded professionals, the stories in Taylor Bell's Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe are of hungry young men playing their hearts out, where high-tops and high hopes inspire "hoop dreams" from Peoria to Pinckneyville, and Champaign to Chicago. Bell, a lifelo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bell, Taylor H. A., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
School sports
Racism in sports
Basketball players
Basketball
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.
Racisme dans les sports > Illinois > Histoire.
Joueurs de basket-ball > Illinois.
Sports scolaires > Illinois > Histoire.
Racism in sports > Illinois > History.
Basketball players > Illinois.
School sports > Illinois > History.
Basketball > Illinois > History.
Illinois
History.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • The Bench
  • Pregame Warm-Up
  • Chapter 1: The 1940s
  • Centralia: Winningest Team in History
  • Dike Eddleman: The Greatest Athlete of All
  • Taylorville: 45-0 in 1943-44
  • Paris: The Ernie Eveland Era
  • Decatur: End of an Era
  • Champaign: Combes to Cabutti
  • South Shore: Gaining Respect
  • Pinckneyville: Two Legendary Coaches
  • Mount Vernon: Three Titles in Six Years
  • Max Hopper: The Captain
  • Chapter 2: The 1950s
  • Segregated Schools: Power of the Pointed Finger
  • Hebron: The Giant KillersSt. Elizabeth: Gone but Never Forgotten
  • Chico Vaughn/John Aden: Only Fifteen Miles Apart
  • Lyons: A Generation Apart
  • Du Sable: Where We've Come From
  • Rockford: Six Points in One Second
  • Elgin: Bill Chesbrough Era
  • Illustrations follow page 64
  • Marshall: Remember the Juniors
  • George Wilson: The Messiah Comes to Play
  • Chapter 3: The 1960s
  • Collinsville: Bogie's Hometown
  • Virgil Fletcher: A Winner and a Visionary
  • Carver 53, Centralia 52: Smedley's Game-Winning Shot
  • Cazzie Russell: In a Class by Himself
  • Pekin: Four Years of GloryCobden: In Memory of Tom Crowell
  • Rich Herrin: A Gem of a Man
  • Galesburg: The John Thiel Era
  • Thornton: Lipe, Lou, LeMarr, Lloyd
  • Billy Harris: The Fastest Gunslinger of All
  • Chapter 4: The 1970s
  • Two-Class System: David vs. Goliath
  • Thornridge: The Best These Ever Was
  • Bob Dallas: Down on the Farm
  • Jay Shidler: Ride the Shide
  • Bloom: Tales fro Hungry Hill
  • East Leyden: 104-0 in Four Years
  • Illustrations follow page 124
  • Jim Hlafka: Home, Sweet Home
  • Chicago Pulbic League: Rise to Power
  • Isiah Thomas: Hoop Dreams and DisneylandMaine South: The Biggest Upset of All
  • Chapter 5: The 1980s
  • Glenn Rivers: Doc Makes House Calls
  • Quincy: The Hanks/Leggett Feud
  • Lawrenceville: 68-0
  • Mount Carmel: One of a Kind
  • Springfield: Bragging Rights
  • Ben Wilson: Too Young to Die
  • King: The Landon Cox Era
  • East St. Louis Lincoln: Four Titles in Eight Years
  • Andy Kaufmann: Making a Point of His Own
  • East St. Louis Lincoln vs. Peoria Central: Triple Overtime
  • Chapter 6: The 1990s
  • Move to Peoria: March Madness Finds a New Home
  • Proviso East: Three Coaches, Four State TitlesIllustrations follow page 180
  • Pittsfield: They Play Basketball, Too
  • Staunton: They All Came Together
  • Peoria: Cradle of the Crossover Dribble
  • Dick Van Scyoc: 826 Career Victories
  • Peoria Manual: Four State Titles in a Row
  • Quad Cities: The Greates High School Arena
  • East Aurora/West Aurora: Rivalry Heats Up
  • Westinghouse: The White Shadow's Legacy
  • Overtime
  • Sources
  • Photos
  • Index

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