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1958–59 Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball Team
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The 1958–59 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1958–59 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Joel Eaves, who was in his tenth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Auburn Sports Arena in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 20–2, 12–2 in SEC play. References Auburn Tigers men's basketball seasons Auburn Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Eaves
Joel Harry Eaves (June 3, 1914 – July 18, 1991) was an American college football and basketball player, coach, and athletic director. He is perhaps most known for coaching basketball at his alma mater, the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He is the all-time winningest coach in Auburn basketball history. He was also once athletic director for the Georgia Bulldogs. Eaves was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1978. Early years Eaves was born on the Georgia state line in Copperhill, Tennessee. He grew up in Atlanta and attended Tech High School. Playing career Eaves played on the Auburn Tigers basketball, football, and baseball teams Basketball Eaves was captain of the basketball team his senior year, an all-around guard. He stood 6 feet 3 inches and weighed 190 pounds. The head coach of the basketball team was Ralph "Shug" Jordan. Football On coach Jack Meagher's football team, Eaves was an end, selected All- SEC by the Associated Press in 1936. He was drafted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Frederick
Rex Frederick (born December 16, 1936 in Hamilton, Alabama ) is a retired American collegiate basketball player and coach. He was a star athlete in high school along with his brother Max Frederick and led Corner High School in Jefferson County to the Alabama state championship. He later attended Auburn University and holds the record as all-time leading rebounder with 14.3 rebounds per game average and his 904 career rebounds currently ranks fifth on the Tigers' all-time rebounding chart. In 2006, he became only the third Tiger to have his jersey (#32) retired. He left Auburn as the all-time leading rebounder and ninth all-time leading scorer with 937 points and continues to hold the top two single-season records for most rebounds with 325 in 1957–1958 and 322 in 1956–1957. Frederick holds the Auburn single-game record for rebounds with 27 vs. SMU in 1957. In 1966 he joined the staff at the new state university, South Alabama and helped them organize and begin its basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Lee (basketball)
Jimmy Lee may refer to: People (as a full name) *Jimmy Lee (banker) (James B. Lee, Jr.), investment banker and financier for JP Morgan Chase, Chase Manhattan bank and originally Chemical Bank *Jimmy Lee (journalist) (born c. 1970), Korean-American journalist * Jimmy Lee (footballer) (1892–1955), footballer for Aston Villa and Stoke *Jimmy Lee Duggar (1936–2009), father of American reality TV star Jim Bob Duggar, see ''19 Kids and Counting'' Songs * "Jimmy Lee" (song), a 1987 hit single by Aretha Franklin Fictional characters * Jimmy Lee, character in video game series ''Double Dragon'' *Jimmy Lee Holt, a character on the television soap opera ''General Hospital'' People (as a first name) *Jimmy Lee Swaggart, a televangelist, known for his involvement in a high-profile 1988 sex scandal *Jimmy Lee Smith, convicted of murder documented in ''The Onion Field'' *Jimmy Lee Gray (1948–1983), convicted murderer executed in Mississippi *Jimmy Lee Fautheree, an American rockab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn Sports Arena
Auburn Sports Arena was a 2,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Auburn, Alabama. Nicknamed "The Barn," it opened in 1946. It was home to the Auburn University Tigers basketball team. It was replaced when the Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. The arena, which opened in 1969, is best known as the former home of the Auburn men's and women's basketball, women' ... opened in 1968. After it closed, it continued to host Auburn's women's gymnastics team. In 1996, the Auburn Sports Arena was destroyed by a fire that occurred during the Auburn-LSU football game. The fire was likely started by the embers of a tailgater's grill. The site has since been replaced with a parking deck. References Auburn Tigers basketball venues Basketball venues in Alabama Defunct college basketball venues in the United States Defunct indoor arenas in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest university in Alabama. It is one of the state's two public flagship universities. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity" and its alumni include 5 Rhodes Scholars and 5 Truman Scholars. Auburn was chartered on February 1, 1856, as East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1872, under the Morrill Act, it became the state's first land-grant university and was renamed as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, it became the first four-year coeducational school in Alabama, and in 1899 was renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) to reflect its changing mission. In 1960, its name was changed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958–59 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Season
The 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1958, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 21, 1959, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The California Golden Bears won their first NCAA national championship with a 71–70 victory over the West Virginia Mountainneers. Season headlines * The Pacific Coast Conference disbanded at the end of the season. Season outlook Pre-season polls The Top 20 from the AP Poll and the UPI Coaches Poll during the pre-season. Conference membership changes Regular season Conference winners and tournaments Informal championships Statistical leaders Post-season tournaments NCAA tournament Final Four * Third Place – Cincinnati 98, Louisville 85 National Invitation tournament Semifinals & finals * Third Place – NYU 71, Providence 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 158,991, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 501,649 residents. Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the nineteenth fastest-growing metro area in the United States since 1990. U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009. The city's unofficial nickname is "The Loveliest Village On The Plains," taken from a line in the poem ''The Deserted Village'' by Oliver Goldsmith: "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain..." History Inhabited in antiquity by the Creek, the land on which Auburn s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball Seasons
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1958 In Sports In Alabama
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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