WVU Basketball Team Plays its Last Game in Mountaineer Fieldhouse vs. Pitt

Identifier:

017906

Title:

WVU Basketball Team Plays its Last Game in Mountaineer Fieldhouse vs. Pitt

Date:

1970/03/03

Description:

'Pitt 92, West Virginia 87; March 3, 1970; The final game in historic Mountaineer Field House found West Virginia losing to Pitt, 92-87, but finishing a 42 year span with an overall record of 347-77 in the Beechurst Avenue barn. Two stars who played in the Field House when it first opened in 1928 were honored at halftime--Dr. Marshall (Little Sleepy) Glenn, former West Virginia athlete and coach, and Charley Hyatt, then All-American basketball star at Pitt. Athletic Director Robert N. (Red) Brown presented plaques to Hyatt, Glenn, T. Edward Davis (who coached Salem College in the first Field House game in 1928), and Mickey Furfari who accepted Walter L. (Bill) Hart, columnist and former editor and sports editor of the Morgantown Dominion News. A speech by Brown on Field House highlights was the feature of the special halftime ceremony.'

Subjects:

Basketball--West Virginia--Morgantown.

Corporate Names:

West Virginia University--Basketball., West Virginia University. Field House., University of Pittsburgh--Basketball.

Acquisition Source:

Polen, Dick, West Virginia University Publicity Office

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView