Coach Williams Congratulates Jerry West after State Championship Victory, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:

050549

Collection Number:

A&M 3884

Title:

Coach Williams Congratulates Jerry West after State Championship Victory, Morgantown, W. Va.

Date:

1956

Creator:

Johnson, Kenneth

Description:

East Bank High School basketball coach Roy E. Williams, right, shakes the hand of Jerry West, left, in the dressing room after beating Mullens High School in Morgantown and winning the state championship title.West was East Bank's starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.

Subjects:

Basketball teams--West Virginia--East Bank , Basketball players.

Personal Names:

West, Jerry, 1938-

Corporate Names:

West Virginia University--Alumni and alumnae.

Geographic:

Morgantown (W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

West, Jerry

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView, Jerry West