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Founding the ACC : the origins of a major collegiate athletic conference, 1951-1953
Title
Founding the ACC : the origins of a major collegiate athletic conference, 1951-1953 / Robert B. McCormick.
ISBN
9781476689944
1476689946
9781476649696
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
Physical Description
x, 259 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
"In 1953, seven universities seceded from the NCAA's Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Founding members Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest were soon joined by Virginia. Inspired by national academic and gambling scandals, and a bowl game crisis in 1951, the ACC's leaders hoped to reduce the commercialism and professionalism that permeated college athletics in the 1950s. This first ever full-length history examines founding of the ACC, the star athletes and coaches and football and basketball season highlights, along with the negotiations that led to the creation one of America's most successful athletic conferences."-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 08, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The schools and men who built a conference
Reform in the era of national and local scandals
Banning bowls
Southern Conference football and the 1951 bowl crisis
The Everett Case Invitational : Southern Conference basketball, 1951-1952
Conference struggles and ineffective reforms in 1952
A reduced league : Southern Conference football, 1952
The last was the best : Southern Conference basketball, 1952-1953
The Atlantic Coast Conference is born
ACC football : the first season
Conclusion.
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