Titles for our Town: How Tiny Pennsylvania Communities Produced Basketball Dynasties And Shaped Basketball History During the Golden Age

by Bradley A. Huebner

Overview

Pennsylvania's golden age of high school basketball (1950s-1960s) captivated blue-collar, ethnic Americans as standout players on dynastic teams lifted steel-tough towns to unprecedented glory. Norman Rockwell communities in Fountain Hill, Kutztown, and Wampum produced dynasties, led by heroes coached by hardened World War II veterans. Indiana had its Hoosiers miracle team; Pennsylvania produced its heroes and legends, too, as this book reveals. Native authors John Updike and playwright Jason Miller-so inspired by Pennsylvania prep basketball-earned Pulitzer Prizes for their musings over Borough Ball. Life Magazine visited Wampum for a national feature spread. The Russian national team copied the Indians' unorthodox training techniques. Pennsylvania basketball in this era influenced the sport and the nation in many enduring, unforgettable ways!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781963064032
Publisher:	Native Book Publishing
Publication date:	12/08/2023
Pages:	476
Sales rank:	1,029,141
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Bradley A. Huebner has been a professional writer and winning basketball coach for three decades in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Although he did not live out his Hoosiers-style fantasy as a point guard in high school, Huebner captures the underdog spirit in his books about basketball. He taught secondary English, writing, and media by day and freelanced at night for sports sections throughout the east-the Charlotte Observer, The State in South Carolina, and the Morning Call (Pa.). Huebner also served as a staff writer in Maryland and an assistant sports editor of the Savannah (Ga.) Morning News. His magazine feature of Charlotte Hornets guard David Wesley landed the Charlotte Magazine cover. He was also published in Savannah Magazine, Wrightsville Beach Magazine, and Lehigh Valley Magazine.A cross-country traveler, Huebner uses his summer trips to see college stadiums and arenas, which provide research for his books. He graduated from shortform writer to book author after earning an MFA degree in creative writing from Wilkes University, which followed his MA degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina where Huebner covered SEC sports. You can read Huebner stories on the website www.sportsrat.com. Huebner lives near Hershey, Pa., where he attends the PIAA basketball state championships every March.