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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Athletics, News Clippings, A&M 5142, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Collection of newspaper clippings regarding athletics at West Virginia University, primarily in the period of 1950-1980. Includes series of clippings regarding football, basketball, general athletics, and the athletics department. General athletics clippings include articles regarding baseball, cheerleading and the Mountaineer mascot, first nationally televised sporting event from West Virginia, non-revenue sports, racial integration, rifle team, and Title IX and women's sports, among other topics.

Football Clippings

Box 1; Folder 1; Items 1-19; General (includes clippings regarding history of WVU football from 1916-1969; 1959 pre-season outlook; equipment manager Carl Roberts; assistant coach Galen Hall; and statistical records, among other topics); 1916-69

Box 1; Folder 2; Items 20-35; General (includes clippngs regarding new AstoTurf at old Moutaineer Field; 1971 pre-season outlook; 1972 Peach Bowl, 50th Anniversary of old Mountaineer Field; and 1975 victory over Pitt, among other topics); 1969-75

Box 1; Folder 3; Items 36-45; General (includes clipping regarding 1975 regular season games; 1975 Peach Bowl; alumni $2 million fundraising effort for offices and lockers room for new Mountaineer Field; and retirement of equipment manager Carl Roberts, among other topics); 1975-80

Box 2; Folder 1; Items 46-79; Coach Pappy Lewis Era (includes clippings regarding 1952 recruiting class; photo of Coach Lewis kissing freshman Freddy Wyant on forehead; 30th anniversary celebration of undefeated 1922 squad; Fred Wyant selected as freshman of the year by the NEA; co-captain Paul Bischoff selected as 1952 WV athlete of the year; 1953 pre-season outlook including team photos; WVU players selected to the 1953 All-Southern Conference team; and1954 Sugar Bowl bid, among other topics); 1950s

Box 2; Folder 2; Items 80-111; Coach Pappy Lewis Era (includes clippings regarding the selection of Coach Lewis as 1953 coach of the year in Southern Conference; 1954 Sugar Bowl; kidnapping threat of WVU players prior to 1954 Sugar Bowl; and 1954 loss to Pitt, among other topics); 1950s

Box 2; Folder 3; Items 112-143; Coach Pappy Lewis Era (includes clippings regarding WVU eyeing "feeler" to Gator Bowl following 1954 season; Lamone, Bosley, Wyant named to 1954 All Southern Conference team; Wyant selected Southern Conference 1954 player of the year; Pappy Lewis named Southern Conference 1954 coach of the year; 1955 preseason outlook including player photos; FBI investigating threat to Coach Lewis; photo of four year lettermen Bobby Moss, Sam Huff, Bruce Bosley, Joe Marconi and Freddy Wyant; 1956 pre-season outlook; WVU football great Ira "Rat" Rodgers selected to National Football Hall of Fame, among other topics); 1950s

Box 2; Folder 4; Items 144-173; Coach Pappy Lewis Era (includes clippings regarding 1957 season; Fred Wyant playing in Canadian Football League; Induction of Ira Rodgers into National Football Foundation Hall of Fame; 35th anniversary of undefeated 1922 team; lettermen for 1957 season; Chuck Howley selected to play for College All-Stars, among other topics); 1950s

Box 3; Folder 1; Items 174-195; Coach Pappy Lewis and Coach Gene Corum (includes clippings regarding the WVU Athletic Council unanimously voting to request dismissal of Coach Lewis following the 1960 season; Coach Lewis describing difficulty recruiting; Resignation of Coach Lewis in April, 1960; Chaos in the Athletic Department relating to football program (1960); appointment of Gene Corum as the new head coach; resignation of Coach Corum (1965), among other topics); 1960-65

Box 3; Folder 2; Items 196-214; Coach Jim Carlen (includes clippings regarding the Coach Jim Carlen era; a four part series about Coach Carlen in the Daily Athenaeum (1969); Coach Carlen's resignation in January, 1970 to accept head coaching job at Texas A & M; editorial by Tony Constantine regarding Carlen's resignation; articles about Jim Carlen assisting Lubbock residents during a tornado following his move to Texas A & M; 1977 column by A. L. Hardman about Carlen's departure from WVU, among other topics); 1966-77

Box 3; Folder 3; Items 215-246; Coach Bobby Bowden (includes clippings regarding the appointment of Bowden as head coach (1970); Bowden's initial coaching staff including group photo; Bowden to return as coach despite rumors that he would resign following losing season (1974); Peach Bowl win over Lou Holtz (1976); Bowden's departure for head coaching job at Florida State (1976); flanker Tommy Bowden staying at WVU; A.L Hardman column on potential Bowden replacements, among other topics.); 1970-76

Box 4; Folder 1; Items 247-285; Coach Frank Cignetti (includes clippings regarding Cignetti's selection as Bowden's replacement as head coach (1976); retention of five of Bowden's assistant coaches; Cignetti's plea for better facilities; speculation regarding Cignetti's future as head coach following resignation of athletic director Leland Byrd (1978); Cignetti's health issues (lymphoid granulomatosis), among other topics); 1976-80

Box 4; Folder 2; Items 286-307; Coach Frank Cignetti (includes clippings regarding Cignetti's future as head coach including speculation that he would be asked to resign and decision to retain him prior to 1979 season; players petition University following 1979 season to retain Cignetti; Cignetti's firing in November, 1979; Cignetti offered an administrative position within the athletic department, among other topics); 1976-80

Box 4; Folder 3; Items 308-311; Football game ticket controversy of 1977 (includes articles regarding the University giving away free tickets to home football games to members of the state legislature, active and retired athletic staff, and news media); 1977

Box 4; Folder 4; Items 312-354; General topic articles regarding the 1977,'78, and '79 football seasons (includes articles regarding recruit Robert Alexander of South Charleston (1977); criticism of football program (1978); WVU makes Penthouse magazine's "20 Worst College Football Teams of 1979-80"; articles regarding possible candidates to replace Coach Cignetti (1979), among other topics); 1977-79

Box 5; Folder 1; Items 355-358; New football stadium (includes articles regarding the approval by the state Board of Regents of the design of the new $20 million football in 1978); 1978

Box 5; Folder 2; Items 359-369; Coach Don Nehlen (includes articles regarding the selection of Don Nehlen as head football coach in December, 1979; retention of three coachs from Coach Cignetti's staff; Nehlen's goals for Mountaineer football; new assistant coaches named; article about Merry Ann Nehlen, wife of Coach Nehlen, among other topics); 1979-80

Basketball Clippings

Box 5; Folder 3; Items 370-409; General topic articles regarding WVU basketball during the 1950's, '60's and '70's (includes articles regarding head coach Red Brown being named athletic director and speculation regarding Fred Schaus being named head coach (1954); WVU elimination from 1955 NCAA tourney; suspension of co-captain Clayce Kishbaugh (1957); WVU ranked number 1 in the nation in AP poll (December, 1957); 1960 pre-season article about WVU minus Coach Schaus and Jerry West; Ex-WVU cagers: Where they are now (January, 1970), among other topics); 1952-70

Box 5; Folder 4; Items 410-419; General topic articles regarding WVU basketball during the 1970's (articles include a February, 1971 newspaper insert regarding the reunion of the 1942 NIT champions; Pre-season newspaper insert for the 1971-72 season ; Pre-season newspaper insert for the 1972-73 season; Jerry West and Rod Hundley to help recruit for Coach Joedy Gardner, among other topics); 1971-74

Box 6; Folder 1; Items 420-434; West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournaments played at WVU (includes articles about the 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1956 state high school tournaments that took place at Mountaineer Field House); 1952-54

Box 6; Folder 2; Items 435-437; Mark Workman (includes articles regarding Mark Workman being named to the 1951-52 United Press All-America team; Look Magazine's All-America team; Mark Workman signing a professional contract with the Milwaukee Hawks of the National Basketball Association); 1952

Box 6; Folder 3; Items 438-443; Coach Fred Schaus (includes articles about Schaus receiving 15 job offers; Coach Schaus being nominated as one of nation 10 outstanding young men in 1959 by the Jaycees; Schaus being named as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association; George King being named to replace Schaus); 1959-60

Box 6; Folder 4; Items 444-453; Hot Rod Hundley (includes articles regarding Hot Rod Hundley's first year wedding anniversary; Hundley being named to the 1956-57 United Press All-America team; Hot Rod's road to romance; Hundley awarded Hicks Memorial trophy; Hundley's rookie season in the National Baskeball Association, among other topics); 1956-58

Box 6; Folder 5; Items 454-457; 1957 Recruiting Violations (includes articles regarding WVU being placed on a one year probation for violations of recruiting rules involving Kentucky high school star Kelly Coleman); 1957

Box 6; Folder 6; Items 458-493; Jerry West (includes articles regarding West's career at WVU and LA Lakers, including a Myron Cope article from The Saturday Evening Post; being named to the AP All America team for 1958-59 season; interview with wife, Jane West; Laker's hold Jerry West Night (1971); Family Weekly newspaper insert about West; LA Lakers win NBA Championship fullfills West's dream; West sign $300,000 contract with Lakers (1972); West announces retirement from Laker's (1974), among other topics); 1957-77

Box 7; Folder 1; Items 494-533; 1958 Season (articles include the "Meet the Mountaineers" series with photos and biographical information on Joedy Gardner, Don Vincent, Bob Smith, Lloyd Sharrar, Ronnie Retton, Willie Akers; WVU #1 ranking in the United Press poll; Team scoring leader, Jerry West, Coach Fred Schaus, Sharrar and West named to Associated Press All-American team, among other topics); 1958

Box 7; Folder 2; Items 534-569; 1958 Season (includes articles regarding Southern Conference tournament; photo of Governor Underwood autographing the cast of Don Vincent (broken leg); Bob Smith and Jerry West named to Southern Conference All-Tournament team; Jerry West named MVP of Southern Conference Tournament; WVU named national champions for '57-'58 season by International News Service, Associated Press and United Press; Sharrar and West named to United Press All-America team; WVU upset by Manhattan in first round of NCAA, Fred Schaus named Southern Conference coach of the year; Schaus runner-up for national coach of the year by United Press, among other topics); 1958

Box 8; Folder 1; Items 570-573; Coach Sonny Moran (articles regarding criticism and subsequent resignation of Coach Moran); 1974

Box 8; Folder 2; Items 574-606; General topic articles regarding 1976, '77, and '78 seasons (includes articles regarding several WVU players (Sid Bostick, Lowes Moore, Mo Robinson); WVU and Marshall announce renewal of basketball competition; resignation of assistant coach Bill Ryczaj; Athletic Director Byrd answers charges regarding lack of committment by Coach Joedy Gardner; WVU win over Marshall in first game in 47 years; WVU upset of Rutgers in Eastern Eight Tournament; coaching search following the firing of Coach Joedy Gardner, among other topics); 1976-79

Box 8; Folder 3; Items 607-640; General topic articles regarding 1978 and 1979 seasons (includes articles regarding Gardner dismissal and new head coach search; Gale Catlett named head coach; Joedy Gardner accepts head coaching job at Northern Arizona University; 1979 pre-season insert, among other topics); 1978-79

Box 8; Folder 4; Items 641-656; General topic articles regarding 1979-80 season (includes articles regarding future of Eastern Eight league, AD Martin looking into Lowes Moore relationship with "lawyer-friend putting out word on Moore to NBA teams"; Catlett cage camp nets $34,000 profit, among other topics); 1979-80

Box 8; Folder 5; Items 657-658; Bob Huggins (two articles about student-athlete Bob Huggins); 1977-78

WVU Athletics Clippings

Box 9; Folder 1; Items 659-664; Wrestling (includes six articles regarding the 1958 wrestling team); 1958

Box 9; Folder 2; Items 665-676; Articles regarding the media and WVU athletics, 1954-79 (includes articles about the WVU-Holy Cross basketball game in February 1959, which was the first nationally televised sporting event from West Virginia, which was broadcast live over the NBC network with Lindsey Nelson calling the play-by-play; Jay Randolph (son of Senator Jennings Randolph) named the new voice of WVU sports in August, 1960; a 1963 article regarding the University receiving $67,000 from WAJR for broadcast rights for the '63-'64 and '64-'65 seasons, among other topics); 1954-79

Box 9; Folder 3; Items 677-688; Southern Conference, 1953-1968 (articles about WVU's membership in the Southern Conference, including seven schools dropping out of the conference in 1953; controversy about WVU's vote to allow Southern Conference teams to play in the National Invitational Basketball Tournament; Southern Conference expansion in 1960; a four-part series in the Daily Athenaeum (DA) in 1966 about WVU participation in the Southern Conference; DA article listing the top 10 stories for 1967-68, among other topics); 1953-68

Box 9; Folder 4; Items 689-692; Racial Integration 1960-69 (includes articles about Coach Lewis recruiting an African-American football player from Clarksburg in 1960; the first African-American athlete at WVU, Philip Edwards (track) in 1964; Black athlete-campus relatonship in 1969); 1960-69

Box 9; Folder 5; Items 693-714; General topics, 1952-70 (includes articles about Branch Rickey speaking at the 1952 annual athletic banquet; alumni golf tournaments; Lowery M. Stoops, long time assistant athletic director; picture highlights of WVU sports year for 1957-58; the athletic publicity department; four-part article from 1966 Daily Athenaeum discussing the athletic department, among other topics); 1952-70

Box 9; Folder 6; Items 715-729; Cheerleading/Mountaineer, 1954-60 (includes articles about cheerleading; the bell "Big Ben"; several articles about the Mountaineer including photos; the Spiriteers, the flash card section at football games); 1954-60

Box 9; Folder 7; Items 730-736; WVU Athletics and politics, 1959-78 (includes articles about 85 State Legislators attending a basketball game in 1959; Governor Barron's influence on football recruit; WVU need for athletic facility improvements and lame duck Governor Moore, among other topics); 1959-78

Box 9; Folder 8; Items 737-747; Rifle Team, 1958-79 (includes brochure on 1964-65 rifle team outlook; several articles about the lack of a rifle range for the rifle team; among other topics); 1958-79

Box 9; Folder 9; Items 748-750; Soccer Team, 1965-66 (includes three articles about the WVU men's soccer team); 1965-66

Box 9; Folder 10; Items 751-762; Track/Cross Country, 1953-77 (includes photo of 1953 track team; articles regarding the retirement of longtime coach Art Smith; Stan Romanoski after 20 years as track/cross country coach, among other topics); 1953-77

Box 10; Folder 1; Items 763-769; Baseball, 1953-64 (includes articles about former WVU baseball players in minor league baseball; former players Virgil L. Flinn, Johnny Gorsica; 1958 baseball team southern trip, among other topics); 1953-64

Box 10; Folder 2; Items 770-781; WVU Athletic Council, 1953-61 (includes articles about appointments to the Athletic Council; State Senator Ward Wylie proposing legislation to abolish the Athletic Council, among other topics); 1953-61

Box 10; Folder 3; Items 782-792; Non-Revenue Sports, 1952-79 (includes articles about intramural sports; gymnastics; tennis; golf; swimming; Athletic Director Red announcing that new sports financially impractical in 1960; rowing club, among other topics); 1952-79

Box 10; Folder 4; Items 793-796; Women's Sports, 1952-79 (includes articles about "Powder Bowl" voted down by Women's Panhellenic in 1952; campus rebirth of fencing classes in 1958; Title IX and the equality of men's/women's sports questioned in 1979); 1952-79

WVU Athletic Department Clippings

Box 10; Folder 5; Items 797-829; General topic articles, 1952-78 (includes articles about freshman athletes being eligible for all varsity sports during 1952-53 seasons; Heart attack and death of Athletic Director (AD) Roy "Legs" Hawley in 1954; basketball coach Robert "Red" Brown named to succeed Hawley as AD; series of articles regarding athletic department finances in 1959, among other topics); 1952-78

Box 10; Folder 6; Items 830-857; General topic articles, 1978-79 (includes articles about proposed new football stadium, plans for a "shell building" for a variety of recreation and sports activities; Richard Martin named new Athletic Director in 1978; WVU report regarding low graduation rates of student athletes; Ed Pastilong promoted to assistant athletic director in 1979, among other topics); 1978-79

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.
• West Virginia University -- Basketball
• West Virginia University - Football.
• West Virginia University - athletics.
• West, Jerry, 1938-