Before Big Blue sports at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1940 / Gregory Kent Stanley.

By:

Stanley, Gregory Kent, 1958- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813158617

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

GV691 .B446 2015

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Subject: In the heart of the Bluegrass, basketball is king of collegiate athletics. But it wasn't always so. Before Big Blue chronicles the early history of organized sports at the University of Kentucky, from the tenuous beginnings under student leadership, through the early scandals, financial instability, and clashes with administration, to the Purge of 1938 that paved the way for basketball's ascendancy. Once upon a time in Lexington, football ruled the athletic department. In the 1890s and 1900s the most intense competition was with crosstown rival Transylvania University. The annual Thanksgiving.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	GV691 .544 S83 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900344782

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Arrival of Football on Campus; 2. The First Athletic Scandal; 3. A Brief Moment in the Sun; 4. A Shelter from the Storm; 5. The Early McVey Years; 6. Banning Women's Sports at the University; 7. From Humble Origins to Signature Sport; 8. Expansion, Depression, and Fiscal Chaos; 9. The Purge of 1938; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

In the heart of the Bluegrass, basketball is king of collegiate athletics. But it wasn't always so. Before Big Blue chronicles the early history of organized sports at the University of Kentucky, from the tenuous beginnings under student leadership, through the early scandals, financial instability, and clashes with administration, to the Purge of 1938 that paved the way for basketball's ascendancy. Once upon a time in Lexington, football ruled the athletic department. In the 1890s and 1900s the most intense competition was with crosstown rival Transylvania University. The annual Thanksgiving.

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