From its earliest days, the University of Houston rose to the top in athletics—not in football or basketball as you might expect, but in ice hockey. The team competed for the first time in 1934 against Rice Institute in the Polar Wave Ice Rink on McGowan Street.
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Two Paths to Greatness: Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon Come to Houston
To read the full text of this article by Katherine Lopez that appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
Volume 3, Number 1
By Houston History Magazine on November 25, 2005 in Communities, Houstonians, Military and War, Past Issues, Race & Ethnicity, Religion
Coming to Houston Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 2005) Download PDFLetter from Editor Joe Pratt 4 Coming to Houston: 170 Years of Migration 12 Shattered Lives, New Beginnings: Holocaust Survivors in Houston by Jenna Berger 18 The New Latinos and Houston’s Global Pueblo by Jan Swellander Rosin 20 The Houston Catholic Worker: Casa Juan Diego, […]