Fumbled call : the Bear Bryant--Wally Butts football scandal that split the Supreme Court and changed American libel law / David E. Sumner.
2018
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Title
Fumbled call : the Bear Bryant--Wally Butts football scandal that split the Supreme Court and changed American libel law / David E. Sumner.
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Call Number
KF228.B88 S83 2018
ISBN
9781476671413 (softcover : alk. paper)
1476671419 (softcover : alk. paper)
9781476632346 (ebook)
1476671419 (softcover : alk. paper)
9781476632346 (ebook)
Description
viii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)994315672
Summary
"George Burnett found himself at the center of a football scandal when he overheard a phone conversation between University of Georgia athletic director Wally Butts and University of Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. Referencing more than 3,000 pages of letters, depositions and trial transcripts, the author reveals new information about this scandal and its resulting trial"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Cited as: Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Introduction
1
1.
Fumbled Telephone Call
5
2.
Enigmatic Life of Wally Butts
13
3.
Bear Bryant: The Supercoach
25
4.
Whistleblower Talks
34
5.
University Investigates, Butts Resigns
43
6.
Saturday Evening Post Breaks the Story
54
7.
Governor and Attorney General Investigate
67
8.
Pre-Trial Hearings Dominate the Summer
79
9.
Sports Trial of the Decade
87
10.
Bolton and Griffith Testify Against Butts
98
11.
More Coaches Testify
112
12.
Bear Bryant Dazzles the Jury
125
13.
Wally Butts Has His Day in Court
138
14.
University Presidents Testify
155
15.
Attorneys Make Their Closing Arguments
164
16.
Jury Reaches a Verdict
173
17.
Why Butts v. Curtis Publishing Matters
178
Appendix 1
George Burnett's Notes, Transcribed
191
Appendix 2
Georgia Football Under Wally Butts, 1939-1960
192
Appendix 3
Affidavit of George Burnett
194
Appendix 4
"The Story of a College Football Fix"
197
Chapter Notes
205
Bibliography
219
Index
221