Tales from the Maryland Terrapins
A Collection of the Greatest Terrapin Stories Ever Told
Reeks: Tales from the Team
Dave Ungrady
- In
- this
- reissue
- of
- Tales
- from
- the
- Maryland
- Terrapins,
- fans
- can
- relive
- the
- most
- profound
- memories
- from
- more
- than
- 100
- years
- of
- athletics
- at
- the
- University
- of
- Maryland
- in
- College
- Park.
- Authored
- by
- David
- Ungrady,
- a
- former
- two-sport
- athlete
- at
- the
- school,
- the
- book
- includes
- a
- series
- of
- first-person
- anecdotes
- that
- reflect
- the
- joys
- and
- challenges
- of
- his
- athletic
- career
- as
- well
- as
- the
- rich
- history
- of
- collegiate
- athletics
- at
- the
- school.While
- it
- was
- still
- the
- Maryland
- Agricultural
- College,
- the
- university
- staged
- its
- first
- intercollegiate
- athletic
- competition
- in
- 1888,
- playing
- baseball
- games
- against
- St.
- John’s
- College
- and
- the
- Naval
- Academy.
- The
- first
- organized
- competition
- for
- football
- was
- in
- 1892.
- The
- athletic
- program
- began
- to
- flourish
- early
- in
- the
- 1900s.
- Men’s
- basketball
- began
- shortly
- after
- the
- turn
- of
- the
- century,
- in
- 1904,
- and
- men’s
- lacrosse
- began
- in
- 1910.
- Women’s
- sports
- such
- as
- basketball,
- rifling,
- and
- soccer
- started
- as
- intramural
- sports
- in
- the
- 1920s.
- The
- women’s
- rifle
- team
- won
- several
- titles
- after
- it
- was
- first
- organized
- in
- 1922.
- By
- the
- 1940s,
- the
- men’s
- intercollegiate
- program
- boasted
- such
- national-caliber
- programs
- as
- baseball,
- boxing,
- football,
- lacrosse,
- track
- and
- field,
- and
- soccer.
- Women’s
- teams
- started
- competing
- in
- intercollegiate
- competition
- in
- 1960
- and
- later
- blossomed
- during
- the
- last
- quarter
- of
- the
- 20th
- century.
- Now,
- over
- 100
- years
- after
- the
- athletic
- program’s
- inception,
- Maryland
- has
- sent
- numerous
- players
- to
- professional
- sports
- organizations,
- including
- the
- NFL,
- NBA,
- and
- MLB.If
- you’re
- a
- fan
- of
- Maryland
- athletics,
- you’ll
- find
- Tales
- from
- the
- Maryland
- Terrapins
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- be
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