Mighty, mighty Matadors : Estacado High School, integration, and a championship season / Al Pickett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickett, Al, author.

Series:

Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series.

Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Estacado Matadors (Football team)--History--20th century.

Estacado Matadors (Football team).

Estacado Matadors (Football team)--Biography.

Estacado High School (Lubbock, Tex.)--Football--History--20th century.

Estacado High School (Lubbock, Tex.).

School integration--Texas--Lubbock--History--20th century.

School integration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Strongly inviting comparisons with the movie Remember the Titans , this book by veteran sports journalist and author Al Pickett is an inspiring, insider account of the Lubbock Estacado Matadors, who came together for love of a sport to become Texas State AAA High School football champions in their first year of eligibility. In the late 1960s, the Lubbock Independent School District was pressured by the courts to address its still-segregated system, and its response was the new, integrated Estacado High School. Estacado's first head football coach, Jimmie Keeling, formed and fielded a team of young men who had never played together before and who came from widely differing parts of the social spectrum. Remarkably, he forged a unit that was not only cohesive but highly competitive, rolling undefeated toward a historic championship finish. Mighty, Mighty Matadors features action-packed accounts of Estacado's championship season, but even more, it offers heartwarming glimpses of the lifelong friendships formed by players who joined hands across racial and social divides to accomplish a goal. In the process, they helped bring pride and unity to their hometown.

Contents:

Square dance to state champ

Putting the pieces together

Adjusting to a new school

A new beginning

No margin for error

Bragging rights

But we won

Seven down, three to go

Setting the table

For all the marbles

Slaying the Lions

Surviving an air attack

A smothering defense

14-0

Epilogue: Changing lives

Appendix

About the author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-552-0

OCLC:

971893254