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Post by 00hmh on Feb 10, 2018 10:04:44 GMT -6
Some historyI had family and a former coach who were close to Hinkle and it was in the 50's I had the chance to watch Hinkle coach and be around his teams. Talk about a different era...Butler was not this Butler then but played and beat some big time teams. I remember classic games against national powers who in those days before TV coverage was universal and big money, were foolish enough to come to the Fieldhouse. Good gate but no fun playing against his disciplined pattern basketball.
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Post by bsu0 on Feb 10, 2018 20:01:31 GMT -6
Hinkle was and is an old school coaching icon. He was the Head football, basketball, and track coach Butler at for decades. He recruited many athletes to play two or three sports. When my Dad was at Northwestern in the 40s he told me he saw Hinkle lining the cinder track for a track meet. I guess he was the on the grounds crew too! If ANY team went to the Butler Fieldhouse and did not play their best when Hinkle coached they got their asses waxed.
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Post by redbirdman on Feb 11, 2018 8:57:50 GMT -6
I think you will find Hinkle was a baseball coach & was never a the Head track coach but he was AD so working on the track makes sense. The 1st collegiate game I saw was Purdue get beat by Butler in 1967. Rick Mount was a soph but the game to me had the worst fight I ever saw in college basketball. Butler's Bill Mauck nose was broke & Roger Blaylock of Purdue broke his leg. Blaylock never played another game for Purdue as it was before the NCAA gave additional years for injury.
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