Interview with William B. "Bill" Keightley, October 28, 2005
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: William B. Keightley Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Keightley discusses the rural schools he attended as a child, Kavanaugh School in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and his recollections of teacher and administrator of that school, Mrs. Rhoda Kavanaugh. He recalls his high school basketball career, teammates, opposing players and coaches, as well as differences in the game and in equipment between that era and today's. Keightley concludes with remembrances of Pearl Harbor and the effects of World War II on his daily life, including being drafted as a Marine in 1945.Interview Accession
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High school athletes--Kentucky. Keightley, A.C. Porter Keightley, Bessie May Keightley, William Bond, 1926-2008 Keightley, William Bond, 1926-2008--Interviews Education--Kentucky Rural schools--Kentucky Schools Teachers--Kentucky Anderson County (Ky.) Lawrenceburg (Ky.) World War, 1939-1945 United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States. Marine Corps Basketball coaches--Kentucky Basketball players--Kentucky Basketball Basketball--Coaching Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on DraftInterview Rights
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Keightley, William B. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 28 Oct. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Keightley, W.B. (2005, October 28). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky Athletics: William B. Keightley Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Keightley, William B., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. October 28, 2005, University of Kentucky Athletics: William B. Keightley Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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