Tales from the Maryland Terrapins: A Collection of the Greatest Terrapin Stories Ever Told

by Dave Ungrady, Boomer Esiason (Foreword by)

Overview

In this reissue of Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, fans can relive the most profound memories from more than 100 years of athletics at the University of Maryland in College Park. Authored by David Ungrady, a former two-sport athlete at the school, the book includes a series of first-person anecdotes that reflect the joys and challenges of his athletic career as well as the rich history of collegiate athletics at the school.

While it was still the Maryland Agricultural College, the university staged its first intercollegiate athletic competition in 1888, playing baseball games against St. John’s College and the Naval Academy. The first organized competition for football was in 1892. The athletic program began to flourish early in the 1900s. Men’s basketball began shortly after the turn of the century, in 1904, and men’s lacrosse began in 1910. Women’s sports such as basketball, rifling, and soccer started as intramural sports in the 1920s. The women’s rifle team won several titles after it was first organized in 1922. By the 1940s, the men’s intercollegiate program boasted such national-caliber programs as baseball, boxing, football, lacrosse, track and field, and soccer. Women’s teams started competing in intercollegiate competition in 1960 and later blossomed during the last quarter of the 20th century. Now, over 100 years after the athletic program’s inception, Maryland has sent numerous players to professional sports organizations, including the NFL, NBA, and MLB.

If you’re a fan of Maryland athletics, you’ll find Tales from the Maryland Terrapins to be the perfect addition to your bookshelf!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613217467
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	10/14/2014
Series:	Tales from the Team
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dave Ungrady is a 1980 Maryland graduate. Ungrady was a captain of the 1980 Terps track team and was also a member of the university’s varsity soccer team. He is the author of Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer and Legends of Maryland Basketball.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

1 Love and Maryland Athletics 1

2 The Early Years: War Influence Fades, Athletics Begin 3

3 Stickmen Make Immediate Impact 29

4 Getting On Track 35

5 Conference Contenders: Basketball Claims First Conference Title 44

6 Rifle Ladies Claim First National Title 49

7 Heavy Hitters 51

8 Fields Finds Glory 59

9 Coaching Instability 65

10 Champs of the Country and a New Conference 83

11 Millikan Molds Terps 86

12 Royal Treatment 93

13 Jackson Takes Over Diamond Duties 104

14 Battling the Recruiting Odds 108

15 Camp Kehoe 115

16 The Growth of Women's Athletics 126

17 The Woeful Ward Years 130

18 What Once Was 132

19 Lefty's Legacy 137

20 Back Into Baltimore 171

21 A Well-Respected Program 181

22 Claiborne a Good Call 189

23 Cirovski Revives Soccer Program 204

24 The Tenacity of Tyler and Her Troops 206

25 Ross Takes Over 208

26 Reflections 221

Epilogue 230