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re: Anyone recall the Louisville fan talking trash on this site?
Posted on 12/29/13 at 11:28 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 12/29/13 at 11:28 pm to BluegrassBelle
Oh how nice Belle finds an article where Rupp was concerned about the safety of a black player. Again, where were the black players at UK in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s? If Rupp is such a wonderful guy as you all think he is, why did UK have no black players until after the 1966 NCAA Champ game against Texas Western?
Posted on 12/29/13 at 11:29 pm to UofLCards83
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Again, where were the black players at UofL in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s?
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This post was edited on 12/29/13 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 12/29/13 at 11:33 pm to UofLCards83
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Rupp drew criticism late in his career for failing to recruit African-Americans and only one black ever played for him, 7-foot Tom Payne. Though Rupp talked of recruiting blacks during the 1960s, Kentucky was one of the last major basketball schools to integrate its program.
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On the other hand, Rupp reportedly didn't recruit Connie Hawkins, the nation's best high school player in 1960, when he learned Hawkins was an African-American. He supposedly once vowed that blacks would never play for him at Kentucky. But he did relent and Payne appeared in the coach's next-to-last season (1970-71).
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It was reported that at halftime Rupp used the words "coons" in reference to Texas Western. And the Miners' Nevil Shed remembered that Rupp failed to shake hands with the Texas Western players after the game and didn't give the winners any credit for their victory.
Yep such a fine gentlemen, refusing to shake the hands of black players. Yep not a racist at all.
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This post was edited on 12/29/13 at 11:34 pm
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