1965 Far East Tour Exhibition Game at Peradeniya University

Item Information

Title:
1965 Far East Tour Exhibition Game at Peradeniya University
Description:
A photograph of Co-Captains Larry Buell (left) and Len Drury, Mrs. Silva, and Peradeniya University's center Jayasinghe during an exhibition game while at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka during the 1965 Far East Tour. The basketball has just been tossed and they are getting ready to leap for the ball. A women in a sari has thrown the ball. Spectators lounge in the back.
Date:
July 25, 1965
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Basketball Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Basketball--Men
Springfield College--Basketball
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Springfield College--Sports
Buell, Lawrence H.
Drury, Leon A.
University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)
Basketball
Basketball players
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/6109
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
The Springfield College men’s basketball team was selected to embark on a 62-day, around-the-world goodwill tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The individuals on the trip included Head coach Ed Steitz, trainer-manager Tony Scolnick, and public information director George Wood, along with 10 varsity players: Ralph Arietta, Larry Buell, Jim Champlin, Ben Davis, Leon Drury, Rick Janes, Bill Scanlon, Reed Schultz, Bob Sisson, and Paul Wagner. The tour was designed to teach fundamentals of the game to youth, and play demonstration games, mostly against local competition. The tour included 111 clinics conducted by the team, which included 80,000 people in attendance. The team also played 26 games, winning all of them, in front a crowd of 65,000 fans.
Scrapbook is volume 3 of 4, page 10
part of the far east tour scrapbook volume 3
Identifier:
basketball-mens-1965-world-tour-jumpball-scrapbook-vol3