The Big Ten: A Century of ExcellenceThe Big Ten: A Century of Excellence is the definitive history of intercollegiate athletics' oldest and most prestigious conference. Designed in an easy-to-read format, the conference-endorsed Big Ten centennial book contains historical reference material about the Big Ten's first 100 seasons. Among the features are sketches of the big events, features on the team champions, stories about the premier athletes, notes about the influential coaches and administrators, information about the Big Ten's pioneers, and vignettes about the conference's academic achievements. The book's appendix includes a synopsis of each university's coaches and administrators. |
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1896 CENTENNIAL Academic Achievements All-American All-Big athletic director Award Badgers baseball basketball BIG EVENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONS Big Ten championship Big Ten Conference BIG TEN PIONEERS Big Ten title Big Ten's Buckeyes career champ CHAMPIONS FOOTBALL Chicago coach coach not known coached by Jim Conference championships Conference MEDAL Conference title cross country Dan Gable Don Canham earned FENCING finished first-team football team George GOLF Gophers GYMNASTICS Hall of Fame Heisman Trophy hockey HONOR Winners Hoosiers Illinois Indiana INDOOR TRACK Iowa James Counsilman John league lowa MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORABLE EVENTS MEN'S Michigan Minnesota national championship NCAA championship NCAA titles Number OHIO STATE PURDUE Ohio State's OUTDOOR TRACK Penn played player points Purdue Purdue's record Rose Bowl scoring season senior sophomore sport straight Conference SWIMMING team title TENNIS touchdown tournament two-time undefeated victory Wisconsin Wolverines women's won the NCAA Woody Hayes wrestling yards