Rebound: The Resurrection of a Hometown Team
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Title
Rebound: The Resurrection of a Hometown Team |
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Author
Beaven, Stephen W. |
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Sponsor
Portland State University. Dept. of English |
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Abstract
On Dec. 13, 1977, the University of Evansville men's basketball team, its coaches and other university employees were killed in a plane crash at Dress Regional Airport on the city's north side. Months later, a brash outsider named Dick Walters began rebuilding the basketball program. Four years later, he led the Purple Aces to the school's first Division 1 NCAA tournament. This thesis explores the relationship between the town and the team in the years after the crash. |
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Permanent Link
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8111 |
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Keywords
Purple Aces Arad McCutchan Dick Walters |
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LCSH Subjects
University of Evansville -- Basketball -- History Basketball teams -- Indiana -- Evansville -- History Basketball coaches -- Indiana -- Evansville -- History Aircraft accidents -- Indiana -- Evansville |
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Copyright
All data and content associated with the Portland State University Digital Repository are protected by United States copyright law. Duplication or sale of all or part of any of the data or images is not permitted without consent of the copyright holder. Use of the content is strictly for non-commercial, educational use. |
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Date
2012-01-01 |
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Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 90 p.) |
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Notes
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader ; Mode of access: Internet |