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Champion of the barrio : the legacy of Coach Buryl Baty /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baty, R. Gaines, 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series.
Subjects:
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 > Texas > El Paso > History > 20th century.
Bowie High School (El Paso, Tex.) > Sports > History > 20th century.
Table of 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.