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Full listing > Accession MU2014/127
Accession #MU2014/127
TopicBasketball, Men's 1968 Trip,
TitleBasketball Trip 1968
Size1 Folder
Location(IS) Unit #7, Photograph file folder section, by accession number
CitationBasketball Trip 1968, MU2014/127, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceCollection of the Archives
Scope and ContentOne photograph of Coach Wolfe and the 1968 basketball team in front of a Ecuatoriana airplane.
Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History Note

Coach Claude Wolfe (MC Class of 1940) began his 23 year coaching career at Manchester in 1951.  He led teams to the Hoosier College Conference championship in 1954 and 1966, and to the NAIA District 21 runner-up in 1960, 1966, and 1967.  Claude was chosen HCC Coach of the Year in 1954.  He also served as baseball coach from 1952-1963.  The picture was taken in 1968 when the Manchester College basketball team toured the countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Columbia while playing games and hosting basketball clinics.  Coach Wolfe retired from teaching and coaching at Manchester in 1976, and in 1980, received the Manchester College Alumni Honor Award. He is a charter member of the Manchester College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Coach Wolfe is the first man on viewer’s right.

Information taken from the program, ” Manchester College Athletic Hall of Fame, Luncheon and Induction Ceremony of Charter Class,” 3 December 1994 [MU2014/106].

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 28 September 2014 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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