American Decades
Basketball's Big Men
Coach
Memoir
By: Ray Meyer, with Ray Sons
Date: 1987
Source: Meyer, Ray, with Ray Sons. Coach. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987, 41–42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 56.
About the Author: Ray Meyer (1913–) was born in Chicago, Illinois. Meyer attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was captain of the basketball team his last two seasons. After graduation, Meyer played Amateur Athletic Association (AAU) basketball and became the assistant coach at Notre Dame. In 1942, Meyer returned to Chicago to become the head coach at DePaul University. In forty-two seasons at DePaul, Meyer won 724 games, had thirty-seven winning seasons, and made thirteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament and seven National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances. After retirement, Meyer has worked as a broadcaster for DePaul basketball games. Meyer was...
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1940's Sports Primary Sources
- Athletes in the Military
- Season of 1941: DiMaggio and Williams
- "73 to 0"
- Letter to Kenesaw M. Landis
- Basketball's Big Men
- Army vs. Notre Dame
- "Jackie Robinson With Ben Chapman"
- "Babe Didrikson Takes Off Her Mask"
- Sports and Television
- Fort Wayne Daisies: 1947 Yearbook
- Citation Wins the Belmont
- Bob Mathias Hurls the Discus in the Decathlon
- Veeck—As in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
- Robinson and LaMotta
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
