Photograph of Congressman Moore with WVU basketball player Carl Head
- Identifier:
- am2862_moore_0123
- Title:
- Photograph of Congressman Moore with WVU basketball player Carl Head
- Date:
- circa 1957-1969
- Publisher:
- West Virginia & Regional History Center
- Description:
- Congressman Arch A. Moore, Jr. holding a basketball with WVU prospect Carl Head on the steps of the Capitol Building. An attached news release states: Operation Head Start - West Virginia University basketball prospect Carl Head (with the WVU monogram) gets some pre-school indoctrination on the steps of the nation's Capitol from Congressman Arch A. Moore, Jr. of West Virginia's First District. Head has been working this summer in his native Washington for the U.S. Post Office. The 6-4 junior college transfer student was the first prospect signed by new WVU basketball coach Bucky Waters. Head was a junior college All-American last year for Dodge City, Kansas. Moore is a WVU alumnus. The congressman's brother, Harry (Moo) Moore of Moundsville, is a former Mountaineer basketball star.
- Subject Personal:
- Head, Carl, Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015
- Subject Topical:
- Basketball players, Basketball, Governors--West Virginia , Legislators--United States
- Subject Corporate:
- West Virginia Mountaineers (Basketball team)
- Rights:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Location:
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Language:
- English
- Source:
- A&M 2862, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. papers, West Virginia & Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries