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Author Baty, R. Gaines, 1950- author.

Title Champion of the barrio : the legacy of Coach Buryl Baty / R. Gaines Baty
Edition First edition
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series
Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series.
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
Summary Buryl Baty (1924-1954) was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men, and an early pioneer in the fight against bigotry. In 1950, Baty became head football coach at Bowie High School in El Paso and quickly inspired his athletes, all Mexican Americans from the Segundo Barrio, with his winning ways and his personal stand against the era's extreme, deep-seated bigotry-to which they were subjected.<BR /><BR /> However, just as the team was in a position to win a third district title in 1954, they were jolted by an unthinkable tragedy that turned their world upside down. Later, as mature adults
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Baty, Buryl, 1924-1954.
SUBJECT Baty, Buryl, 1924-1954 fast
Subject Bowie High School (El Paso, Tex.) -- Sports -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Bowie High School (El Paso, Tex.) fast
Subject 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 -- Texas -- El Paso -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Discrimination in sports
Football coaches
Football teams
Hispanic American football players
School sports
Sports
Texas
Texas -- El Paso
Genre/Form Electronic books
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781623492670
162349267X