Interview with Richard Klein, April 9, 2019
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Football Oral History Project
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Richard Klein discusses his time as the defensive end equipment manager for the University of Kentucky football team from 1976 to 1979. He talks about how he came into the equipment manager position. He discusses notable UK football players from the 1976 and 1977 teams and his relationships with them. He summarizes major victories in those two seasons. He talks about potential reasons why the football team's success slowed in 1978 and 1979. He talks about his post-graduate career in his family's banking business, retirement, and retirement work in the horse industry.Interview Accession
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University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--Sports--History University of Kentucky--Football Football. Football players. Football teams Football coaches College sports. College sports--Kentucky College sports--Coaching Coaching (Athletics) College athletes Athletic ability. Retirement. Horse racing. Horse racing--Kentucky. Banks and banking. Family-owned business enterprises. Football managersInterview Rights
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Klein, Richard Interview by Dennis Emery. 09 Apr. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Klein, R. (2019, April 09). Interview by D. Emery. University of Kentucky Athletics: Football Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Klein, Richard, interview by Dennis Emery. April 09, 2019, University of Kentucky Athletics: Football Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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