Is Rupp a Racist lets take a look

[DraftCat]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

 

[Smashcat]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

You need to post this where folks who want to paint him as a racist will see it, not here.

 

[the stat man]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

Thank you !

 

[DraftCat]

You need to post this where folks who want to paint him as a racist will see it, not here.

I posted it on Matt Jones twitter but was buried and no one saw it. If anyone has a big media following please send them the article

 

[2Adulterers]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.AMEN DIck I was Rupp’s last Student Manager at UK 1969-1972
I drove him home every day I will go to my grave
Defending him
Let me make this clear ADOLPH RUPP WAS NO RACIST!!
He was a great Coach and a fine Christian man leave his name and legacy alone ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

 

[CELTICAT]

I'd like to know what the inappropriate language was that Rupp used, and whether it's anything that isn't hurled about on twitter or facebook on a daily basis today.

 

[UKxWildcats]

You’re missing the point. This isn’t some type of court where evidence and testimonies are compared against each other. Instead, this is an accusation from a hive mind of idiots who live in an echo chamber that will support any witch hunt without proper facts. If one of them FEEL that Rupp was racist, therefore he was racist.

 

[2Adulterers]

I'd like to know what the inappropriate language was that Rupp used, and whether it's anything that isn't hurled about on twitter or facebook on a daily basis today.

I was his last Student Manager 1969-1972 I drove him home every day and to Olekia Temple to play cards
I will go to my grave defending him RUPP WAS NO RACIST total bullcrap He NEVER used racial slurs he was a Christian man RIP Coach Rupp

 

[CELTICAT]

I was his last Student Manager 1969-1972 I drove him home every day and to Olekia Temple to play cards
I will go to my grave defending him RUPP WAS NO RACIST total bullcrap He NEVER used racial slurs he was a Christian man RIP Coach Rupp

Frank Deford completely defamed the man accusing him of using a shortened version of Racoon, which we're all familiar with, at half time of the Texas Western game. Funny thing is, I see lots of blacks using that same word to describe people like Terry Crews, Ben Carson, Kanye West, and really any other black that expresses even a modicum of free thought daily.

 

[2Dope15]

Send it to people who want to change it. I'm sure all staff have an email address on a UK's website.

 

[Nubb16]

You need to post this where folks who want to paint him as a racist will see it, not here.

It won’t matter because they’ll never change their opinions.

 

[Larry Skaggs]

Matt Jones will support renaming tomorrow and Ryan Lemond, being a quintessential yes-man, will agree 100%

 

[IFerg1969]

You need to post this where folks who want to paint him as a racist will see it, not here.

Well, actually it needs to be posted in a place where it will be read, considered and understood by the people that think Rupp was racist. Unfortunately, that place doesn't exist anywhere now.

 

[2Adulterers]

Frank Deford completely defamed the man accusing him of using a shortened version of Racoon, which we're all familiar with, at half time of the Texas Western game. Funny thing is, I see lots of blacks using that same word to describe people like Terry Crews, Ben Carson, Kanye West, and really any other black that expresses even a modicum of free thought daily.

De Ford was never in the UK Locker Room Rupp never allowed the media in there he’s a liar

 

[DraftCat]

Bump I've been doing my part on sharing this article with my social media accounts. Please get the word out there.

UK does not need to cater to far left extremists. If they have evidence they need to start providing it.

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

I'd like to know what the inappropriate language was that Rupp used, and whether it's anything that isn't hurled about on twitter or facebook on a daily basis today.

Did they have the F-bomb back then? I can maybe see that one

 

[CELTICAT]

Did they have the F-bomb back then? I can maybe see that one

the Lenny Bruce f-bomb or the Rajon Rondo f-bomb? Hell maybe both

 

[Deli owl]

Pin this

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

the Lenny Bruce f-bomb or the Rajon Rondo f-bomb? Hell maybe both

Where can I find a clip of Bruce dropping f bombs in the 60s?

 

[UKvisitor]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

Salute! Nice work. TU!

 

[YardCat]

Hard to argue facts! Thank you

 

[uky8unc5]

Thing is...logic and facts will never satisfy those who have closed their minds.
Re-writing history is the name of their agenda driven smear campaign.
Very sad...

 

[DraftCat]

Good news I was able to get Matt Jones to admit on twitter that this article "was good" supposedly he will address tomorrow his thoughts.

If not give him hell

 

[drcats2013]

Good news I was able to get Matt Jones to admit on twitter that this article "was good" supposedly he will address tomorrow his thoughts.

If not give him hell

Good work, Norse.

 

[tylerwoods22]

I posted it on Matt Jones twitter but was buried and no one saw it. If anyone has a big media following please send them the article

Email it to him

 

[DraftCat]

I've exchanged several messages with Matt Jones on my twitter account. Safe to say this dude is a piece of work.

Liberal as they come and I honestly doubt he will support keeping the Rupp name.

I hate to keep anyone from making money but if anyone decides not to support KSR I understand completely.

 

[RunninRichie]

I've exchanged several messages with Matt Jones on my twitter account. Safe to say this dude is a piece of work.

Liberal as they come and I honestly doubt he will support keeping the Rupp name.

I hate to keep anyone from making money but if anyone decides not to support KSR I understand completely.

that’s what happens when you’re a closet duke fan but play it off as being “just a duke football fan”

 

[DraftCat]

that’s what happens when you’re a closet duke fan but play it off as being “just a duke football fan”

I think Jones for a while now has been digging his own grave. I think this issue may expedite it

 

[IUfanBorden]

Rupp, like many white men during his lifetime, were a product of the times. He was no more racist than his neighbor....He was handcuffed by society---Not his beliefs. DO I think Rupp has racist tendencies? I am sure he did. So did many people in the 40's and 50's. Life then was MUCH different, than life of today. The "rules" just were not the same. He(RUpp) is an easy target. A white coach.....coaching in a "southern" dominated conference....during the heart of the Civil Rights Movements....And at a BIG TIME, program----Kentucky. To boot, his UK team lost to a team consisting of all black players, on CBB biggest stage: The National Title game. Add he did not recruit black players....Nevermind the fact as to WHY. That cripples the agenda. So why mention the fact that he didn't recruit blacks, simply because their safety could not be guaranteed....Its much sexier to just say, "He was a racist".

I do not know Coach Rupp...I doubt many on here did/do. So to speak of how he felt, well, is speaking with an uneducated tongue. BUT.....there is more evidence to support that Rupp WAS NOT racist, opposed to him being racist...

IMO, renaming Rupp Arena would be a mistake. But unfortunately, I think it happens.

 

[loublue22]

It literally doesn't matter, this is a coordinated media event, it's been scrolling across ESPN all night with the first pro sports games in 4 months. The truth doesn't matter, the media makes the truth and you will respond accordingly or face the consequences

 

[UKFAN4L]

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html

Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?
He could’ve done a hundred good things, but if this is true then yeah, I would say that is racist.

 

[RunninRichie]

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html

Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?
He could’ve done a hundred good things, but if this is true then yeah, I would say that is racist.

another clout chaser, decided to wait until rupps death to claim this

 

[UKFAN4L]

another clout chaser, decided to wait until rupps death to claim this

He had plenty of clout. If true, I would like to think that 30-40 people would’ve seen this hanging effigy. Interview those who are still alive that were there.

 

[LukaszObrzut87]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.



Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

I’ve been posting on stuff on this bullshit that Rupps a racist, stating the facts before I googled them. Thank you so much for sharing this information!!!

 

[Poetax]

https://www.nkytribune.com/2020/07/...dolph-rupp-with-some-facts-on-the-race-issue/

• In 1929, when he got the call from UK, Rupp was coaching a high school team in Illinois, which included a black player;


• In 1948, Rupp was instrumental in placing Don Barksdale of UCLA on the U.S. Olympic team, making him the first black basketball player on Team USA. Rupp urged his players to watch Barksdale during the Olympic Trials and study the way he played;


• The aforementioned ballplayer in 1950 was Jim Tucker, who recently passed. A star at all-black Paris Western HS, Tucker caught the eye of Rupp, who wanted him at UK but was prevented from signing him by Jim Crow laws in the South. The SEC was segregated. Rupp saw to it that Tucker went to college (Duquesne), where Tucker became an All-American and later an NBA champion.


• In 1960, Rupp offered a job to a high school coach named Neil Reed, a white man who taught at a black school in Cincinnati. Rupp told Reed he wanted to sign black players and that Reed would be his chief recruiter. Reed signed on in 1962.


• Rupp announced publicly that UK would begin to recruit blacks. The southern media blasted him, fearing it would open the doors to blacks playing football in the SEC.


• Rupp asked then-UK president Dr. Frank Dickey for permission to leave the SEC so he could recruit black players. The UK Board of Directors, fearful it would not be able to fill Memorial Coliseum if it didn’t play traditional SEC opponents, denied his request.


• In 1961, Dr. Dickey, serving as president of the SEC, informally polled the league presidents about ending the “gentlemen’s agreement” in place, which banned the recruitment of black athletes. It was overwhelmingly rejected. In 1962, Dickey put it to a formal vote and again, the move was overwhelmingly voted down.


• Rupp and Reed both received death threats over the recruitment of blacks, more than a hundred, which were turned over to the FBI.


• Reed aided Rupp in the 1964 recruitment of Louisville prep star Wes Unseld. They saw Unseld play 13 times. Number of times Rupp watched Dan Issel play in high school: Zero. They offered a scholarship to Unseld, but he chose UofL.

• In 1965, Kentucky Mr. Basketball Butch Beard verbally committed to UK, but on signing day changed his mind and signed with Louisville (otherwise, we wouldn’t be having this conversation).


• Jim McDaniels, a high school star from the western end of the state, on a visit to Lexington told Mike Pratt he would attend UK. Western Kentucky University convinced him at the last minute to sign with the Hilltoppers. McDaniels was later quoted as saying he knew WKU wanted him more because it provided him with a car.


• Ever-mindful of the horrible treatment his white players received from fans when the Wildcats played on the road, Rupp feared for whomever would become UK’s first African American player. (Both Beard and Unseld said Rupp could not assure their parents that their children would be totally safe on the road; keep in mind that it was 1964 when three civil rights activists were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi).


• Rupp was ordered by new UK president Dr. John Oswald to sign a black player, whether he could contribute to the team or not. Rupp didn’t want a “token;” but what he did want was a star who could help put his team back on top. He believed he needed a Jackie Robinson-type player.









You know you will only confuse some on here with the facts don't you?

Adolph Rupp

• Former baseball commissioner Albert “Happy” Chandler set up a meeting between Rupp, Reed and Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson to a major league contract. He told Rupp he needed a Kentuckian who was a superb athlete, great student and someone capable of withstanding the terrifying verbal attacks sure to come his way. Rupp thought Unseld, and then Beard, had all the qualifications.


• When opposing teams with black players on their rosters came to Lexington, Rupp asked local newspapermen in their preview stories to ask fans to treat them with respect. And he had a standing rule with ushers at Memorial Coliseum: If they heard anyone hurling racial taunts, they were to ask them to stop. If they continued, they were to be escorted from the arena.

Of course, there’s more. It’s all on DVD if you’d like to see it. After the documentary’s initial broadcast in 2005, the Herald-Leader published a fabricated story stating that UK had paid me and WKYT to produce the documentary, thereby dismissing it as propaganda. It was a lie; the writer had begged several people to tell him what he wanted to hear, which of course, they did not. He refused to interview me.

I’m sure the information above will be dismissed by many, for whatever reason. One young man, ripping me on Twitter, said he knows what his grandmother told him and that’s good enough. I’m guessing, his grandmother, like me for all those years, knew nothing about what was actually happening – including criticism of Rupp by the media for even bringing up desegregation, a star player changing his mind at the last minute, death threats and more.

It was after he died that Rupp was accused of using inappropriate language as it related to African Americans. Sadly, too many people back then likely were guilty of that kind of ignorance and insensitivity. But did he actively seek to keep his team segregated? Not only is there no proof that he did, it turns out the opposite was true.

There were certainly villains back then, including the dozens of “friends” and boosters who begged Rupp not to integrate his team. I used to think he was a villain, himself. Not any more.

Dick Gabriel is a long-time Kentucky sports journalist, now host of Sports Talk at Big Blue Insider. He was a reporter, editor, and anchor for WKYT-TV in Lexington for 22 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

 

[uky8unc5]

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html
Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?

Is it True?
Rupp Arena did not EXIST in 1972. (Opened in 1976).

 

[2Adulterers]

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html

Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?
He could’ve done a hundred good things, but if this is true then yeah, I would say that is racist.

The story is phony I was on UK team at that time as Head Student Manager Never Happened

 

[JPScott]

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html

Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?
He could’ve done a hundred good things, but if this is true then yeah, I would say that is racist.

FYI, when this story came out in 2009, I thought I had heard it all. This was shocking to me, because it seemed so blatant and even moreso because I had never even heard a whiff of a rumor of this and it seemed to come completely out of the blue.

The good news is that because it was a fresh charge, I was able to follow up with all concerned parties, although it took a while. I was able to talk directly to Tim Bassett, a handful of Bassett's teammates, a few people who had worked at Georgia at the time along with a few Kentucky people (including Russell Rice) who were at UK at the time in question. Beyond that I spoke with the author of the article (Chris Hine) along with the sports editor of the New York Times (Tom Jolly). The only key persons of interest I wasn't able to talk to were the coaches, as both Rupp and Georgia's coach Ken Rosemond had long passed away.

I talk about this charge on my Rupp page in it's own section

Rupp Page: Tim Bassett

Bottom line is that Bassett maintained to me that he saw 'something' but he couldn't describe what it was, where exactly it was placed in the arena, nor explain why he thought it was Rupp who placed it there, and he didn't investigate further.

None of his teammates that I spoke to remember this supposed incident, and more critically none remember offering to sit out the game over such an incident. Kentucky officials vehemently deny any such thing ever occurred and in fact were upset that anyone would actually believe it. No one else from Georgia remembers such an event.

I also scoured the media reports from the time, both UK and Georgia (including the student newspapers) and there was no hint of anything unusual. It is true that Rupp was upset with Bassett as he had outplayed Jim Andrews the game before and bragged about it publicly to the media, saying Andrews was a bad defensive player.

As far as the claim that Rupp told Bassett he didn't belong in the Southeastern Conference, if it's true it likely wasn't due to his skin color because at that time most of the Conference had already been integrated (including Kentucky the year before, something Bassett may not have been aware of since he was a Junior College transfer).

I don't like to call people liars but there literally is no evidence to back up Bassett's explosive claim, and frankly it doesn't pass the smell test. The year prior to this Barry Jacobs published an entire book about integration of ACC and SEC schools with an entire chapter devoted to Georgia where he extensively interviewed both Ronnie Hogue (who was at UGa the previous year and was their 1st black player) and Bassett (who came the following year as a JC transfer) and this incident wasn't even mentioned.

As far as the New York Times, the author (Chris Hine) was an intern at the time who soon thereafter moved to a more permanent job in Chicago. I was able to track him down and he told me that he had many of the same questions and concerns about the claim that I had. Like me he was unable to verify the claim and intended to remove it from the draft, however according to him the Times decided to go ahead and run the draft without his knowledge or sign-off.

The sports editor (Tom Jolly) refused to print a retraction and claimed that he wanted to investigate the claim himself. Despite my help in providing contact information to Bassett and others, he never confirmed anything either. FYI, the Duke Lacrosse story came out under his watch around the same time and the blowback from that led to him being reassigned by the paper.

 

[Creed Bratton]

It won’t matter because they’ll never change their opinions.

Nobody wants to hear facts if it doesn't further their agenda.

 

[Creed Bratton]

So are you saying Rupp hung it up? If not how is this relevant? You or I would be just as guilty as Rupp since neither one of us hung it up either.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/sports/basketball/27bassett.html

Tim Bassett hanging in effigy at Rupp Arena in 1972. Is this story true or false?
He could’ve done a hundred good things, but if this is true then yeah, I would say that is racist.