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Although college basketball started in North Carolina in 1906, it had to compete with the big sport of football. This began to change in the 1940s with the arrival of two coaches who had never played basketball but who would leave their mark on the sport. They were John McLendon, coach of North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) and Everett Case, coach of North Carolina State University.
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Devised by James Naismith in 1891 in Massachusetts, basketball was played in YMCAs throughout North Carolina by the end of that decade. Soon physical education professors at the North Carolina schools of higher learning began introducing the game. At Wake Forest, Professor Richard Crozier formed a basketball team in 1906, and in February of the same year, Wake Forest played Guilford College in the state's first intercollegiate basketball game. Other schools, including Trinity College, UNC, and NC Agriculture & Mechanic Arts, soon fielded teams. Facilities were poor. Players had to buy and maintain their uniforms. Spectators were few. The players persisted however, and the game gained a foothold on the campuses. Basketball was still second fiddle to football until the end of World War II. Then the sport took off.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference is celebrating fifty years of collegiate sports competition. Sumner discusses players, coaches, teams, and high and low points over the last half-century.
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During the 1973-74 indoor track season, which was held on various tracks around the country, Tony Waldrop of Polk County accomplished a feat that had never been equaled. Competing in the indoor mile, he won, in less than two months, seven straight races with times under four minutes. He retired from running in 1976, completed his doctorate, and today is a professor at the University of Illinois.
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Conceived by North Carolina State University basketball coach C. Everett Case, the Dixie Classic was a three-day, eight-team basketball tournament extravaganza, featuring North Carolina teams against other national basketball powers. Begun in the then new Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh in December 1949, the tournament lasted another twelve years and was a tremendous success. The Dixie Classic was canceled in 1960, after several players were involved in a point shaving scandal.
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Most people remember George Herman \"Babe\" Ruth as the mighty home run hitter for the New York Yankees. Few, however, know that he hit his first professional home run in a spring training game in Fayetteville in 1914. In April, 1952, a North Carolina highway historical marker was erected there to commemorate the event.
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Many athletes and individuals with ties to the state have a number of Olympic moments. They include Dr. Leroy Walker, U.S. Olympic Committee president, N.C. State swimmer Steve Rerych, and East Carolina University runner Lee McNeil.
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Minor leaguer Leo 'Muscle' Shoals was one of the most popular baseball players for the Reidsville Luckies of the Carolina League. He set the league homerun record in 1949. However, too much boisterous behavior kept him from reaching the major leagues.
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In the early 1950s, Eckie Jordan and Eunie Futch were key players on Winston-Salem's Hanes Hosiery women's basketball team, which won 102 straight games and three national AAU championships.
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The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, which is housed in the North Carolina Museum of History, honors the state's most important sports figures.
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761
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North Carolina's state park system floundered until the Great Depression and the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Following Reconstruction, North Carolina tried to solidify its position as part of the New South movement by holding an exposition in 1884. Held between 1 October and 1 November, the North Carolina exposition was mean to showcase the resources of North Carolina and recruit Northern capital. The exposition failed to fulfill its main goal in attracting Northern investors but it did succeed in educating and stimulating its own citizens.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 1, Jan 1992,
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Sumner examines North Carolina's role in the Civil War.
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North Carolina Historic Preservation Office Newsletter
(NoCar Oversize F 255 N48x), Vol. Issue , Summer 1991,
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On January 1, 1942, the Rose Bowl football game between Duke University and Oregon State was played in Durham because of Japanese war threats. This is the only time the game has been played outside California.
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May 1991, marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of National Historic Preservation Act, legislation which established the Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. This state agency is responsible for identifying evaluating, and acting as steward to the state's historically significant material and sites. In this piece, a general history of preservation and legislation is presented along with examples of historically important material and sites that have been protected by this department.
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