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68 Cards in this Set
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Roone Alredge |
President of ABC Sports and ABC news. Created Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline, and 20/20. Focused on taking the sports fan to the game, going beyond just broadcasting the game. |
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Don Haskins |
Nicknamed “The Bear”, he was the coach of Texas Western College from 1961 - 1999. He also played under Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now OSU). He suffered only 5 losing seasons at Texas Western/UTEP. He also won the 1966 championship over UK by starting only African American players against the all white Kentucky. |
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Marvin Griffin |
Governor of Georgia in the 50s. He supported educational segregation and opposed the integration of Georgia schools. Pledged to keep Georgia’s schools segregated “come hell or high water”. He also implored teams from Georgia (specifically GT vs Pitt in 1956 Sugar Bowl) not to play in integrated games. |
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Abner Haynes |
African American football player from Denton, Tx. Played college football at University of North Texas. He and teammate Leon King integrated college football in the state of Texas in 1956. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1960 NFL draft, but played for the AFL’s Dallas Texans. |
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Guy V. Lewis |
Basketball coach at the Univ. of Houston from 1956 - 1986. His 1980s teams, nicknamed Phi Slama Jama for their slam dunks, were runners-up for the national championship in 1983 and 1984. |
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Jim "Bad News" Barnes |
Played at UTEP for Don Haskins in the early 1960s. He later was drafted by the NY Knicks and played for the Knicks, Bullets, Lakers, Bulls, and Celtics |
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Bill Dooley |
Head coach at UNC, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest. He was fired at VT due to recruiting violaitons. He sued Tech for 3.5 million and settled out of court. |
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David Thompson |
Led NC state to its first NCAA championship in 1974. He is one of five players to score 70 or more points in an NBA game. He “invented” the Alley-oop with teammate Monte Towe to take advantage of his leaping ability |
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Oscar Robertson |
Hall of Fame Point/Shooting guard, 12-time all-star. He is the only player in history to average a triple-double for a season and helped the Bucks win their only NBA title in 1970. He sued the NBA on antitrust grounds, leading to extensive reform of free agency and draft rules. He did this as president of the NBA players union. |
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George Raveling |
Nike’s current Global Basketball Sports Marketing Director. He played basketball at Villanova and was the Head Coach of Wash St, U of Iowa, and USC |
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Claudius Claiborne |
played basketball at Duke in the mid 1960s. He became the first African-American to play for Duke’s basketball team. |
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Alex English |
one of the most prolific scorers in the 1980s for the Nuggets, but relatively unknown. He retired as the 7th leading scorer w/ 25,613 points. He was never in the media, wasn’t a flashy guy, and that hurt his notariety. |
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Thin Thirty |
1962 Kentucky football team. Coached by Charlie Bradshaw, a Bear Bryant disciple, the team was thinned from 88 players to just 30 by Bradshaws brutal methods. 3 players later played in the NFL. |
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Lloyd Eaton |
Coach at Alma College, Northern Michigan, and Wyoming. He was involved heavily in the “Black 14” incident at Wyoming. He dismissed 14 black Wyoming players for planning to wear black armbands against BYU. These armbands were used to protest BYU and the Mormon Church that excluded black people. |
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John Vaught |
Football coach at Ole Miss from 1947-1970. He won the first Ole Miss conference title in 1946 and led the Rebels to SEC titles in 1954, 55, 60, 62, and 63. He is the only coach in Ole Miss history to win an SEC football Championship. Only 2 coaches held a winning record against Vaught -- Bear Bryant and Robert Neyland. |
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Tommie Smith |
African American Track and Field Athlete. Won the 200 meter dash finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds. He made a black power salute with black gloves, black socks and no shoes. He was forced out of the games by Avery Brundage. |
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Fred Milton |
African American linebacker who was kicked off of Oregon State’s football team for sporting a mustache and goatee. Milton argued that Andros’s prohibition of facial hair violated his human rights. Made it extremely difficult for OSU to recruit black players in the future. |
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Ray Nagel |
Head coach at Utah and Iowa during the late 50s to early 70s and then Athletic director at Wash St and Hawaii from 1970-1983. In the Spring of 1969, Nagel dismissed two black football players, Greg Allison and Charles Bolden. This all led to a “Black Boycott” of the football team by 16 players during spring practice. They were immediately dismissed. The Black Athletes Union was then created, which called the athlete-coach relationship as Slave and Master like. Eventually some of the players were reinstated, but relations were strained. |
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Proposition 16 |
Implemented in 1995, Prop. 16 is a more restrictive successor to Prop 48. It governs the NCAA’s initial eligibility requirements. To qualify for full eligibility, student-athletes must have a 2.0 GPA in 13 approved academic “core” courses and an SAT of 1010 or combine ACT of 86. Students with lower test scores have to have higher GPAs. The minimum test scocre for students w/ GPA of 2.5 or higher is 820 SAT/ 68 ACT. |
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Clustering |
The idea that athletes on many high-profile teams “cluster” in certain majors, thereby becoming overrepresented in some majors. Usually, this move is into majors that are easier or less demanding. |
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Harlem Rens |
All black professional basketball team established in the 1920s. They barnstormed across the country. They were one of the dominant basketball teams of the 1920s/30s and helped to shift the focus of black basketball from amateur teams to pro teams. |
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University of Buffalo |
Tried to use football to establish a strong university. They joined the MAC and havent really succeeded. |
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Jeremiah Ford |
University of Pennsylvania athletic director. One of the many leaders of the 20th century that thought money corrupted sports. He was blamed for Penn’s fall from Ivy Football prestige and was dismissed by the athletic alumni in 1967. Only one Penn football team during his time there won more games than it lost. |
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Fred Shabel |
Scholarships were based on a financial-need-only basis, and the kind of big-time basketball support was not the same as what Fred was used to at Duke. Fred tried to bring the Duke model to UConn with the start of the pep band, and he brought entertainment to the games, and signs, and decorations. UConn was dominating the Yankee Conference, and Fred was trying to move it to another level. He had positive results. The first year Fred was at UConn, the team went to the Final Eight in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament only to get beaten by Duke. Athletic Director at UPenn from 1972 to 1980 and created a ranked basketball teamFirst non-UPenn alumnus to serve in the role |
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Edith Green |
Second Oregonian woman to be elected to the US house of Reps. Served 10 terms. She is known for advancing women’s issues, and played an integral role in Title IX |
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Roe v Wade |
This is the supreme court decision that allowed abortions. Due Process Clause and 14th Amendment extend to a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but the right must be balanced against state’s legitimate interests in regulating abortions. |
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Proportionality |
Test to see if Title IX is being upheld. The idea is that the number of men and women on varisty teams should be proportionate to the overall number of men and women enrolled, within 5%. |
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Grove City v. Bell |
Supreme court case that held that Title IX, which applies only to colleges and universities that receive federal funds, could be applied to private school taht refused direct funding but for which a large number of students received federally funded scholarships. In this specific example, Grove City refused to comply with Title IX requirements, and the DOE attempted to terminate assistance to the student financial aid program. Grove City challege the DOE’s actions |
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Billie Jean King |
female tennis player and former world no. 1. She was credited with pushing forward gender equality issues, as she won the Battle of the Sexes and was founder of the Women’s Tennis Association, World TeamTennis, and the Women’s Sports Foundation. |
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Margaret Court |
former world #1 in tennis. She amassed more major titles than any other player in history. She became the first women during the open era (and second in history) to win the Grand Slam. She lost in a heavily publicised game to 55 yr old Bobby Riggs. |
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Bud Collins |
Tennis commentator. Covered tennis for NBC for 35 years beginning in 1972. Called a number of Billy Jean King matches. |
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Tom Yawkey |
Red Sox Owner. He was viewed very much so as a grandfather like figure. He never fired anyone, and if he thought they were doing a bad job, he’d have them reassigned within the red sox organization. He was also denounced a racist, as the Red Sox were the last team in baseball to have an african american player on the roster. |
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Marvin Miller |
He was the executive director of the MLB players association from 1966 - 2012. Under Miller’s direction, the players union became one of the strongest unions in the US. He helped to reform the grievance procedures for arbitration, as well as Collective Bargaining Agreements for the MLB. He also helped to end the reserve clause |
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Howard Cosell |
ABC broadcaster for Monday Night Football. He was widely known for his cocky, arrogant, pompous personality. He was ridiculed at first, but then became widely admired. He also announced the murder of John Lennon live on MNF. |
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Pete Rozelle |
he was the commisioner of the NFL from 1960-1989. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world. |
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Texas Western College |
School where Don Haskins coached. They were the first school to start 5 african american players in a collegiate baksetball game. |
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Bill Yeoman |
Former Head coach of the Univ. of Houston. He was the winningest coach in school history, and revolutionized offensive football by developing the Veer option. He also played prominent role in integration by being the first coach at a white school in the state of Texas to sign a black player. |
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Boarder Conference |
NCAA college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961-62 season. Including 9 schools in the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. |
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Bobby Joe Hill |
Point guard for the 1966 Texas Western Miners. Leading scorer of the team and led all scorers in the National Championship game against UK with 20 points. |
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Darryl Hill |
Former college football player at Maryland in the 60s. He was the first African-American football player in any of the southern athletic conferences and was the only black player on Maryland’s team until his senior year. Clemson threatened to leave the ACC when Maryland was scheduled to play due to Hill, but they ended up playing anyway. |
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Harvey Gantt |
First African American student to be admitted to Clemson, after first attending Iowa State. He became Mayor of Charlotte and then tried to run for US Senate against Jesse Helms twice, but failed. |
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Charles Scott |
First black scholarship athlete at UNC. He led the Tar Heels to their second and third consecutive NCAA final four appearances in 1968 and 1969. |
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Lefty Driesell |
Former head coach at Maryland, Davidson, James Madison, and Georgia State. He is the only coach to win 100 games at four different colleges. |
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Tree Rollins |
First athlete in any sport at Clemson to have jersey number retired. Only Clemson basketball player to average double/double in four straight seasons |
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Al Heartly |
Basketball player at NC State. First black basketball player at NC State and first black player to be offered an athletics scholarship. |
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Ralph Sampson |
7 foot 4 basketball player and No. 1 pick in 1983 NBA draft. He was the most heavily recruited college and professional basketball prospect of his generation. |
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Jim Owens |
Football player and head coach at the University of Washington. He was a college assistant under Bear Bryant. He was accused in 1969 of racism. Black players were asked by Owens to give 100% commitment to the team after they alleged UW was showing favoritism to white players and “stacking” blacks at certain positions so they were competing. Several black players were suspended. |
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Charlie Bradshaw |
head coach at UK in the 60s and Troy University in the 70s and 80s. He was the coach of the infamous Thin Thirty at UK, and was a understudy of Bear Bryant. |
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Ben Williams |
African American football player at Ole Miss. He holds the Ole-Miss single season record with 18 sacks. He was the first black football player at Ole Miss. |
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John Carlos |
African American 200m bronze medal winner. He was on the podium with Tommie Smith during their Black Power salute. |
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Dee Andros |
Head coach at Idaho and Oregon State in the 60s and 70s. Also athletic director at Oregon State in the 70s and 80s. Kicked Fred Milton off of the football team in the 70s which caused a large protest by the African American community. Made it extremely difficult for OSU to recruit blacks in the future. |
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Proposition 48 |
regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student athletes must meet to participate in college athletics. 16 core courses and GPA/Test score requirements. Viewed very negatively against black athletes. |
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CFA |
group of many top level college football programs to negotiate contracts w/ TV networks for television rights. The CFA negotiated its own TV deal in 1981 and the NCAA threatened sanctions. Because the CFA won a ruling against the NCAA on Sherman Antitrust rules, the CFA was able to sell their TV packages to ABC and CBS. It eventually disbanded, as teams broke out and made their own deals. |
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Julius Erving |
Aka Dr. J. Helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes playing above the rim. He helped to legitimize the ABA and was the best known player in that league when it merged. |
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DBS |
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Flutie Factor |
refers to the phenomenon of having a successful college sports team or player increase the exposure and prominence of the university. Usually associated with increases in applications. May just be a coincidence. For example, the 16% increase in 1984 (after Flutie) was typical of BC. |
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Gaylord Harnwell |
UPenn President from 1953 to 1970, seems like he focused most of his energy on academic expansion. "The Harnwell years at Pennsylvania are recognized as the watershed in the University's development from a regional university to a major national force in research with worldwide outreach. His administration was the time of the deliberate diversification of the student body to include students from all walks of life; of dramatic changes in faculty hiring… and of the founding of the University Senate and later of other mechanisms that brought consultative groups together. Physical expansion alone was monumental." I’m assuming he brought about athletic changes as well. |
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Shirley Chisholm |
she became the first African American women elected to congress for NYC. She also became the first major-party black candidate for President and the first woman ever to run for the Democratic nomination. |
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Title IX |
States that no person on the basis of sex shall be excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any education program or activity receiving federal funds. This has been extended to mean that female athletes get the same treatment (based on proportionality) for their sports as do men. |
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ERA |
"Equal Rights Amendment". proposed amendment to the constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women. It was passed in both the house and senate, but was never ratified by the states, so it died. |
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Donna Lopiano |
probably one of the most powerful women in women’s athletics. She was the first full-time women’s athletic director at Texas. She was almost fired due to her testifying in front of Congress against a proposed amendment to Title IX that exempted sports like football. |
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AIAW |
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Founded to govern collegiate women’s athletics in the US and administer National Championships. It functioned in an equivalent role to the NCAA for men’s programs. It eventually disbanded as the NCAA took on more female programs. |
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Bobby Riggs |
Former men’s tennis world #1. He lost to Billie Jean King in the Battle of the Sexes in the Astrodome. |
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Renee Richards |
former tennis player on the professional circuit. She underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. She was denied entry into the US Open in 1976, but then the NY Supreme Court ruled in her favor in favor of transsexual rights. |
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Virginia Slims |
Cigarette company that sponsored the women’s tennis tour. Their slogan “You’ve come a long way baby” was highly controversial as they were the sponsors for a women’s tennis tour focused on promoting women’s rights |
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Phil Wrigley |
Longtime owner of the Chicago Cubs. Was viewed as a grandfatherly like owner and was loved by many. He refused to allow cubs games to be played at night due to Wrigley fields location in a residential neighborhood of Chicago. |
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Art Modell |
Owner of the Cleveland Browns that took them to Baltimore to become the Ravnes in 1996. Despite his strong ownership in Cleveland, his firing of Paul Brown and his move of the team to Baltimore was overwhelmingly hated by many. |
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Butch Beard |
played college basketball at Louisville, was drafted by teams in both the ABA and the NBA, played 9 seasons in the NBA. There’s a good chance he’s significant because he’s black. |
