Interview with Adolph Rupp,
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Adolph Rupp Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Adolph Rupp starts the interview by talking about the impact of professional basketball recruiting on college players. He then goes in to detail about his various stints in the world of professional basketball coaching and presidency. Rupp discusses the fate of professional sports if the practice of signing players for increasing amounts of money continues. Rupp finishes the interview with a discussion on the gambling scandals in college sports.Interview Accession
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Basketball--Coaches--Biography Basketball--History Brown, John Young, Jr., 1933-2022 Finley, Charles Oscar, 1918-1996 Rupp, Adolph, 1901-1977 Rupp, Adolph, 1901-1977--Interviews Universities and colleges--Kentucky--Lexington University of Kentucky--Basketball University of Kentucky--Basketball--History University of Kentucky--Sports--HistoryInterview Rights
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