Michael and the whiz kids : a story of basketball, race, and suburbia in the 1960s / John Christgau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christgau, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball--Social aspects--California.

Basketball.

Crestmoor High School (San Bruno, Calif.)--Basketball--History.

Crestmoor High School (San Bruno, Calif.).

Crestmoor Falcons (Basketball team)--History.

Crestmoor Falcons (Basketball team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imagine a boy, five feet tall and one hundred pounds, who wants to play high school basketball. Now imagine that he was blind until the age of six and that he's the first black student to attend his suburban school. And there you have Michael Thompson in 1965 in San Bruno, California. He played at the school where a young English teacher was coaching "lightweight basketball," a competition for smaller players that has since disappeared. The team that Coach John Christgau put together came to be called the Whiz Kids for the way they rocketed up and down the court, led by Michae

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Whiz Kids; 2. Michael; 3. Coach; 4. Suitcase and the Professor; 5. Jack Armstrong and Salt; 6. Zinji; 7. Rene and Firp; 8. Bob and Red; 9. Noah; 10. Darnell; 11. Uncle Tom; 12. Nerb; 13. Rick; 14. The Gipper; 15. Jimmy the Greek and Artichoke Joe; Sources; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8032-4935-7

0-8032-4844-X