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1957 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1957 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its eleventh year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The eleventh tournament's champion was California, coached by George Wolfman. The Most Outstanding Player was Cal Emery of Penn State. Tournament District 1 District 2 Games played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 California Golden Bears Baseball Team
The 1957 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond. The team was coached by George Wolfman in his 3rd season at California. The Golden Bears won the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball tournament, College World Series, defeating the 1957 Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team, Penn State Nittany Lions in the championship game. Roster Schedule ! style="background:#ffcc33;color:#010066;", Post-season , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , vs. , , 4-2 , , 29-9 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" , vs. Pepperdine , , 6-10 , , 29-10 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , vs. Pepperdine , , 10-3 , , 30-10 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 8 , , vs. , , Rosenblatt Stadium , , 4-0 , , 31-10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , June 9 , , vs. 1957 Iowa State Cyclones baseball team, Iowa Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Texas Longhorns Baseball Team ...
The 1957 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Bibb Falk in his 15th season at Texas. The Longhorns reached the College World Series, but were eliminated by Notre Dame in the quarterfinal. Personnel Roster Coaches Schedule and results References {{Texas Longhorns baseball navbox Texas Longhorns baseball seasons Texas Longhorns College World Series seasons Texas Longhorns The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cap Timm
Leroy Clinton "Cap" Timm (June 4, 1908 – August 7, 1987) was the longest tenured college baseball coach for the Iowa State Cyclones baseball, Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa and he held that position from the 1938 season through the 1942 season and again from the 1946 season through the 1974 season, with his tenure being interrupted due to service in World War II. In his tenure, he led Iowa State to three conference titles and two College World Series appearances. Timm died on August 7, 1987. He was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 1997. The school's ballpark, Cap Timm Field, is named in his honor. Playing career Timm attended high school in Arlington, Minnesota, before attending the University of Minnesota. While attending Minnesota, Timm played as both a half and quarterback on the football team, and a catcher on the baseball team. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Timm, Cap 1908 births 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA, while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference (now the Big Ten Conference). The conference was dissolved in 1996. Its membership at its dissolution consisted of the University of Nebraska, Iowa State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University. The Big Eight’s headquarters were located in Kansas City, Missouri. In February 1994, the Big Eight and the Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Litwhiler
Daniel Webster Litwhiler (August 31, 1916 – September 23, 2011) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1940 to 1951 for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He was the first Major League Baseball player to have an error-free season. That same season, 1942, he also became the first player to stitch together the fingers of his glove. After his playing career, he continued to work in baseball as a coach in college sports. Early career Before entering baseball, Litwhiler graduated from college, unlike most major leaguers at the time. He graduated from Bloomsburg State Teacher's College in 1938, earning a bachelor's degree in Science and Social Sciences. The baseball facility at Bloomsburg is named Danny Litwhiler Field. Major League career After finishing the 1941 season with a .305 batting average, Litwhiler was selected to the All Star game in 1942, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Conference
The Yankee Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States. From 1947 to 1976, it sponsored competition in many sports, but was a football-only league from mid-1976 until its dissolution in 1996. It is essentially the ancestor of today's Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) football conference, and the continuation of the New England Conference, though all three leagues were founded under different charters and are considered separate conferences by the NCAA. For the first half of its history, the Yankee Conference consisted of the flagship public universities of the six New England states. Conference expansion in the 1980s and 1990s added several colleges and universities from the Mid-Atlantic region. Formation In 1945, Northeastern University, the only private school in the New England Conference, announced its departure. A committee formed by the remaining four members, land-grant colleges and universities representing Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 College World Series
The 1955 NCAA baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1955 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its ninth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 25 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 10 to June 16. The ninth tournament's champion was Wake Forest, coached by Taylor Sanford. The Most Outstanding Player was Tom Borland of Oklahoma A&M. Tournament District 1 Games played at Springfield, Massachusetts. District 2 Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Butler (coach)
Louis C. "Pete" Butler (1909 – January 26, 1983) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at Colorado State College of Education—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—from 1941 to 1967, compiling a record of 416–154–2. Butler was also the school's head basketball coach from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1956, tally mark of 151–133. His baseball teams won 25 consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships. Head coaching record Baseball References {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Pete 1909 births 1983 deaths New Mexico Mines Miners athletic directors New Mexico Mines Miners men's basketball coaches Northern Colorado Bears baseball coaches Northern Colorado Bears baseball players Northern Colorado Bears football coaches Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the western United States. Most member schools are in Colorado, with additional members in Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. History Founded in 1909, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is the fifth oldest active college athletic conference in the United States, the oldest in NCAA Division II, and the sixth to be founded after the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Big Ten Conference, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Ohio Athletic Conference, and the Missouri Valley Conference. For its first 30 years, the RMAC was considered a major conference, equivalent to today's NCAA Division I, before seven of its larger members left in 1938 to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado State University
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It was founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College and in 1935 was renamed the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1957, the Colorado General Assembly approved its current name, Colorado State University. In 2018, enrollment was approximately 34,166 students, including resident and non-resident instruction students. The university has approximately 2,000 faculty in eight colleges and 55 academic departments. Bachelor's degrees are offered in 65 fields of study, with master's degrees in 55 fields. Colorado State confers doctoral degrees in 40 fields of study, in addition to a professional degree in veterinary medicine. CSU's campus boasts the Engines and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Northern Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) is a public university in Greeley, Colorado. The university was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado and has a long history in teacher education. The institution has officially changed its name three times, first to Colorado State College of Education, at Greeley on February 16, 1935, Colorado State College on February 11, 1957, and its current form since May 1, 1970. Approximately 10,000 students are enrolled in six colleges. Extended campus locations are in Loveland, Denver/Aurora, and Colorado Springs.UNC Impact 2014. University of Northern Colorado. UNC's 19 athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Big Sky Conference. Campus The campus is divided into two main areas: central and west. UNC's Central Campus includes the areas north of 20th Street and west of 8th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado. The residence halls on Central Campus have been designated a state historic district. Organization The bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Colorado State Bears Baseball Team
The 1957 Northern Colorado Bears baseball team represented Colorado State College in the 1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Jackson Field. The team was coached by Pete Butler in his 15th year at Northern Colorado. The Bears won the District VII playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats. Roster Schedule ! style="" , Regular season , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , , , May 22 , , at , , Falcon Baseball Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado , , 13–3 , , – , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , , , May 25 , , Air Force , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 8–6 , , – , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , , , May 25 , , Air Force , , Jackson Field • Greeley, Colorado , , 5–11 , , – , , – , - , - , - ! style="" , Postseason , - valign="top" , - align="cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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