Lee Patton
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Lee Lafayette Patton was an American sports coach. Known as Worry Bird and the Bald Eagle, Patton was a popular, highly successful head basketball coach at West Virginia University from his first seas
Lee Patton in the Northern Arizona yearbook
Lee Patton at Springfield College in 1930
Lee Patton at WVU
LEFT: Lee Patton's plaque from WVU Sports Hall of Fame. RIGHT: Three of Patton's former players coaching football at Lee Patton Memorial Field - Buster Brown, Jimmie Walthall, E. J. Lambert (1959)
West Virginia Mountaineers
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The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division
Lee Patton
…March 8, 1950) was an American sports coach. Known as Worry Bird and the Bald Eagle, Patton was a popular, highly successful head basketball coach at West Virginia University from his first season in 1945/46 until his death from a car crash in 1950. Patton's teams were noted for their physical and mental fitness, fast break…
Plaque marking where Mountaineer Field was between 1924 and 1979
West Virginia v Iowa State game, 2012
The Mountaineer, WV mascot, as seen in 2007
Formation of the state