Cuban National Sports Festival Collection, 1936-1937.

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Cuban National Sports Festival Collection, 1936-1937.

Collection consists of a scrapbook, souvenir programs and Cuban newspaper clippings about the game, ten photographs, and an article written by David Housel.

5 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395026

Auburn University.

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Housel, David

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Housel began serving as Auburn University Athletic Director on April 1, 1994. He was born in York, Ala., and graduated from Auburn University in 1969 with a BS in journalism. He worked as news director for the Huntsville News, 1969-70, but returned to Auburn where he worked as an administrative assistant in the ticket office, and a professor of journalism and advisor to the Plainsman (1972-80). He became Assistant Sports Information Director in 1980 and served as Sports Information Director, 198...

Villanova University. Falvey Memorial Library

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Henriguez, Carlos.

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Henriguez was the Minister of Sports for the Gomez government in Cuba. He brought Auburn and Villanova Universities to Havana to play football. This was Auburn's first bowl game, dubbed the "Havana Bowl." Batista overthrew Gomez in a coup d'etat a few days before the game (Jan. 1, 1937). The teams tied, 7-7. From the description of Cuban National Sports Festival Collection, 1936-1937. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 37607384 ...

Havana Bowl.

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Auburn university

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East Alabama Male College, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered in May 1856. Classes opened in 1859 in Auburn, Alabama, but the college closed during the Civil War. Reopening in 1866, the college became a land-grant institution in 1872 and changed its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. The college was known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1899 to 1960, when it became Auburn University. From the description of Founders Day collec...

Cuban National Sports Festival.

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