Oberlin Fever
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This book chronicles the real-life underdog story of the Oberlin College basketball team's amazing championship season. Culminating in an upset victory over a team that hadn't lost to Oberlin in 18 years, the team unified during national strife caused by both racial prejudice and anti-Vietnam War protests.
By uniting and focusing together on their prize, the team electrified the campus and town, awakening a spirit known as Oberlin Fever! Co-authored by the team's captains, Randy Miller and Al Wellington. Illustrated with 140 photographs from the Archives of Oberlin College.
By uniting and focusing together on their prize, the team electrified the campus and town, awakening a spirit known as Oberlin Fever! Co-authored by the team's captains, Randy Miller and Al Wellington. Illustrated with 140 photographs from the Archives of Oberlin College.
Oberlin Fever chronicles the improbable season-ending victory of a college basketball team over an unbeatable rival, Wittenberg University, a perennial national powerhouse that had not lost to Oberlin in 18 years. Two confident freshmen, recruited by a visionary coach, joined forces in 1966 on the campus of Oberlin College and made a secret pledge to win the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship before they graduated. This talented duo became roommates, and the realization of their prophetic vision is the core of this remarkable David-vs-Goliath tale.
The book examines how Al and Randy's similar world-views were forged in the cauldron of the racial strife of the 1960s. Added to this volatile environment were the increasingly strident protests against the Vietnam War that were sweeping college campuses. This story shows how, during turbulent times in the streets of our nation, unity was forged and history was made on the hardwood floor of a small liberal-arts college in Ohio.
But a group of young men at Oberlin proved to the nation that despite differences in race and ethnicity, and in spite of the pressure of personal stances during time of war, a common cause can unify diverse people.
The Oberlin Yeomen came together, met every challenge, and overcame every obstacle. Excitement and passion grew steadily on campus as the Obies marched step by exhilarating step toward their destiny of winning it all! Feel the electricity of the underdogs and their frenzied fans as they unleash a torrent of athleticism and will-power, inching closer to the goal they had pledged to achieve! Illustrated with 140 photographs. Appendix includes complete season and tournament stats.
The book examines how Al and Randy's similar world-views were forged in the cauldron of the racial strife of the 1960s. Added to this volatile environment were the increasingly strident protests against the Vietnam War that were sweeping college campuses. This story shows how, during turbulent times in the streets of our nation, unity was forged and history was made on the hardwood floor of a small liberal-arts college in Ohio.
But a group of young men at Oberlin proved to the nation that despite differences in race and ethnicity, and in spite of the pressure of personal stances during time of war, a common cause can unify diverse people.
The Oberlin Yeomen came together, met every challenge, and overcame every obstacle. Excitement and passion grew steadily on campus as the Obies marched step by exhilarating step toward their destiny of winning it all! Feel the electricity of the underdogs and their frenzied fans as they unleash a torrent of athleticism and will-power, inching closer to the goal they had pledged to achieve! Illustrated with 140 photographs. Appendix includes complete season and tournament stats.