Houston Cougars in the 1960s : Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century / Robert Jacobus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobus, Robert, author.

Series:

Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series.

Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Houston Cougars (Football team)--History--20th century.

Houston Cougars (Football team).

Houston Cougars (Basketball team)--History--20th century.

Houston Cougars (Basketball team).

University of Houston--Sports--History--20th century.

University of Houston.

African American football players--Texas--Houston--Biography.

African American football players.

African American basketball players--Texas--Houston--Biography.

African American basketball players.

Discrimination in sports--Texas--Houston--History--20th century.

Discrimination in sports.

College sports--Texas--Houston--History--20th century.

College sports.

Houston (Tex.)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Houston (Tex.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On January 20, 1968, the University of Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending a 47-game winning streak. Billed as the "Game of the Century," the defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by 52,693 fans and a national television audience--the first-ever regular-season game broadcast nationally. But the game would never have happened if Houston coach Guy Lewis had not recruited two young black men from Louisiana in 1964: Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes. Despite facing hostility both at home and on the road, Chaney and Hayes led the Cougars basketball team to 32 straight victories. Similarly in Cougar football, coach Bill Yeoman recruited Warren McVea in 1964, and by 1967 McVea had helped the Houston gridiron program lead the nation in total offense. Houston Cougars in the 1960s features the first-person accounts of the players, the coaches, and others involved in the integration of collegiate athletics in Houston, telling the gripping story of the visionary coaches, the courageous athletes, and the committed supporters who blazed a trail not only for athletic success but also for racial equality in 1960s Houston.

Contents:

Foreword / Wade Phillips

Foreword / James Kirby Martin

Preface

Acknowledgments

America's segregated city

Dorm bunks and cramped arenas

Blackouts and JCC hardwoods

Black players leave Jim Crow Texas

Bill's veer and Guy V's dunks

Wondrous Warren and the Judge

Elvin, Don, and maternal influence

Coming to Houston

McVea, big crowds, and kittens

Freshman dunks

Varsity Cougar

'We want a field house!'

The real Wondrous Warren

Final Four

Halfback in the crosshairs

Prelude to glory

The game of the century

The diamond and one game.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-348-X

OCLC:

933516804