The Southern Textile Basketball Tournament: A History, 1921-1996

by Thomas K. Perry and Mac C. Kirkpatrick

In 1905 Lawrence Peter Hollis went to Springfield, Massachusetts where he met James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, and learned of the fledgling game. Armed with Dr. Naismith's rules of the game... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786403985
• ISBN13: 9780786403981
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Lack of Information

Book was actually pretty good. The only drawback I could see with the overall completeness of the book was the fact that the Junior Girls and Boys Basketball teams were left out of the book altogether. I was especially interested in the 1962 Southern Textile Junior Girls Tournament as I was the coach of the Brandon Mill (Woodruff, S.C.) Junior Girls of which I remember several of the girls, i.e.: Brenda Gossett; Kay Kennedy; Starr Owens to name three of the main line players and stars. Brenda and Starr were named to the All Southern All-Star Team. More research should have been put into the publishing of this book and the information on the Junior Tournaments as well. Overall a good book, but lacking in information for everyone.

Can't find a better book on this subject!

"The Southern League Textile Tournament" is an amazing piece of research into this South Carolina basketball tournament that has been held annually since 1921. After the 98-page summary of the tournament's 70-odd years follows the known rosters of all the teams who participated, the members of the all-tournament teams, and interviews with 17 participants. If there's a scrap of information existing pertaining to this tournament, Mac Kirkpatrick and Thomas Perry have plowed it up and put it in.