In 1956, high school coach, Bob Martin, was convinced that in order to win championships at the high school level—he would have to form sports programs at the elementary and junior high schools. It was then, that the Brownsville Softshoe League sports program was created. All elementary schools participated in football, basketball, softball and track. Pictured here are the 1959 East Brownsville Elementary (now Longoria Elementary) basketball champions.
In 2014 a Mexican indigenous basketball team ( The Triqui Kids from Oaxaca Mexico) came to Brownsville and played several exhibition games...they were well known for playing barefooted. In the early days of this city our kids also played barefooted...notice E.Brownsville team had some barefooters
Front Row l to r: Zamora brothers, unk, Arnold Torres, Joe Cantu, George Atkinson, Lester Tullos, Frank Hernandez, Alfonso Lee, unk,
Back row l to r: Ralph Rios, coach, unk, Henry Urbano, Sergio Manzano, Escolastico “Nick” Sanchez, Prajedes “Prax” Garcia, Manuel Torres, unk, Roberto Herrera, unk
Front Row l to r: Zamora brothers, unk, Arnold Torres, Joe Cantu, George Atkinson, Lester Tullos, Frank Hernandez, Alfonso Lee, unk,
Back row l to r: Ralph Rios, coach, unk, Henry Urbano, Sergio Manzano, Escolastico “Nick” Sanchez, Prajedes “Prax” Garcia, Manuel Torres, unk, Roberto Herrera, unk
2 comments:
Does it count as being the same when you play barefoot because you want to or because it's more confortable and if you play barefoot because, like the kids from Oaxaca, you are too poor and have no money for shoes much less for tennis and you are raise to play barefoot?
While I agree that the kids from Oaxaca were not the first (and certainly not the last) to play without proper tennis shoes, I disagree with the reasons.
You always compare the white anglo kids that lived in Brownsville in the 1960's with their poor mexican-American counterparts. If we compare the kids from Oaxaca with the mexican-Americans from Brownsville are we putting them at the same level?
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