The Baron of Bluegrass
See the article in its original context from The NY Times - December 13, 1977, Page 59 Credit...The New York Times Archives On this particular day the pumps at this particular gas station in Lexington, Ky., were occupied. At one, the chairman of the department of mathematics at the University of Kentucky filed his Ford, at the other, Adolph Rupp, the university's basketball coach, filled his Cadillac. “Coach Rupp.” the professor said, “I'm the chairman of the math department at one of the country's great academic institutions, and I drive a Ford. You're the basketball coach, and you drive a Cadillac. How can that be?” “Professor,” Rupp said, “if you could Sports square the hypotenuse before 14,000 people a night, you'd be driving a Caddy, too.” of In locker rooms, in taverns, in airport terminals, wherever basketball coaches gather today, they are telling Adolph Rupp stories. The Baron has died, but his legend lives on, fueled by 879 lifetime victories and four na...