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Author:
Baty, R. Gaines, 1950- author.
Title:
Champion of the barrio : the legacy of Coach Buryl Baty / R. Gaines Baty ; with a foreword by Raymond Berry.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Texas A&M University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xii, 252 pages, 22 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Baty, Buryl,--1924-1954.
Football coaches--Texas--Biography.
Football teams--Texas--History--20th century.
School sports--Texas--History--20th century.
Discrimination in sports--Texas--History--20th century.
Hispanic American football players--El Paso--El Paso--History--20th century.
Bowie High School (El Paso, Tex.)--History--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"No Mexicans allowed": September 1954 -- Paris, Texas: 1930-1938 -- Coach Raymond Berry and the seeds of success: fall 1939 -- Breakout! 1940 season -- The state playoffs -- Bo and Buryl -- The mighty Paris Wildcats: fall 1941 -- Can't wait! -- Big time: fall 1942 -- Aggieland -- Dark clouds: 1943 -- The war years: 1944-1946 -- Homecoming: 1946 -- A new season: fall 1947 -- Last chance 'Gig 'em, Aggies!: fall 1948 -- A calling: fall 1949 -- A different world: summer and fall 1950 -- Finally, a real game -- Rebuilding: 1951 -- This should be our year: 1952 -- We will get this right: spring 1953 -- High hopes: 1953 season -- The playoffs! -- Nothing can stop us now: 1954 season -- Snyder game: September 24, 1954 -- On top of the world!: September 25-October 8, 1954 -- Let's get home: October 8, 1954 -- The longest night: October 9, 1954 -- This cannot be true: October 9, 1954 -- El Paso in mourning -- Buryl goes home -- What now? -- Lots of living left to do -- Coincidence or providence?: October 1966 -- Found treasures: a look into a soul: 2002 -- Afterword: the author's journey through the eyes of others -- Acknowledgments -- Reflections by those touched by Coach Baty.
Series:
The Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series
ISBN:
162349267X (e-book)
9781623492670 (e-book)
1623492661 (book/cloth : alk. paper)
9781623492663 (book/cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)898029168
LCCN:
2014042775
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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