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[First Page] [-1], (1) Lines: 0 to 22 ——— * 413.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-1], (1) Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagei/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman [-2], (2) Lines: 22 to 24 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [-2], (2) Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageii/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball The aau Tournament, 1921–1968 [-3], (3) Lines: 24 to 65 Adolph H. Grundman ——— * 63.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-3], (3) University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageiii/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. ©2004bytheBoardofRegentsof theUniversityofNebraska Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStates ofAmerica (cid:1)(cid:1) LibraryofCongressCataloging-in- PublicationData Grundman,AdolphH. Thegoldenageofamateurbasket- ball:theaautournament,1921– [-4], (4) 1968/AdolphH.Grundman. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences Lines: 65 to 133 andindex. isbn0-8032-7117-4(pbk.:alk. ——— paper) * 121.824pt PgVar 1.aauTournament(Basketball— ——— History. 2.Basketball—United Normal Page States—History—20thcentury. * PgEnds: PageBreak 3.AmateurAthleticUnionofthe UnitedStates—History. I.Title. gv885.49.a45g782004 [-4], (4) 796.332'06—dc22 2004007210 SetinJansenbyKimEssman. PrintedbyEdwardsBrothers,Inc. Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageiv/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman Tomyfamily: Claudia,Sara,andJulie [-5], (5) Lines: 133 to 147 ——— * 398.58pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-5], (5) Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagev/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman [-6], (6) Lines: 147 to 155 ——— * 442.0pt PgVar ——— Short Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-6], (6) Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagevi/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman Contents [-7], (7) ListofIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Lines: 155 to 222 Part1.ABasketballTraditionIsBorn 1 ——— 12.09755pt PgVar 1. EverythingIsUp-to-DateinKansasCity 3 ——— 2. TheaauTournamentinDenver 27 Short Page 3. ForrestC.AllenandthePoliticsofOlympicBasketball 42 PgEnds: TEX Part2.ADynastyIsCreated 55 4. GruenigandMcCrackenTriumphant 57 [-7], (7) 5. Phillips66andaauBasketball 76 6. TheRichGetRicher 94 Part3.TheNationalIndustrialBasketballLeague 119 7. BartlesvilleversustheBay 121 8. HereCometheCats 141 9. FromBartlesvilletoSeattle 158 10. ParityPrevails 176 Part4.FromEcstasytoAgony 195 11. Denver’sLastHurrah 197 12. TheNationalIndustrialBasketballLeagueCollapses 211 13. The“DribbleDerby”PassesintoHistory 226 Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagevii/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman viii contents AppendixA.SummaryofaauChampionshipFinals andWinningCoaches,1921–1968 243 AppendixB.aauAll-Americans,1921–1968 263 Notes 271 BibliographicEssay 307 Index 311 [-8], (8) Lines: 222 to 224 ——— * 377.45511pt PgVar ——— Normal Page * PgEnds: PageBreak [-8], (8) Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageviii/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman Illustrations [-9], (9) Followingpage122 JackMcCracken Robert“Ace”Gruenig Lines: 224 to 280 VinceBoryla ——— JohnnyDee * 89.42pt PgVar 1948Olympicteam ——— BobKurland Normal Page ChuckHyatt * PgEnds: PageBreak BurdieHaldorson Omar“Bud”Browning Angelo“Hank”Luisetti [-9], (9) JimPollard DonBarksdaleandOaklandBittners FrankLubinandTwentiethCenturyFox WarrenWomble PeoriaCats,1958 AlexHannum DickBoushka Kim—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageix/ /TheGoldenAgeofAmateurBasketball/AdolphGrundman

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The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has long symbolized the idealism of amateur athletic competition. For basketball especially, the AAU provided an opportunity for athletes to showcase their skills for the benefit of the team and the sport, not the bottom line. In The Golden Age of Amateur Basketball,
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