Champion of the Barrio | Powerful Life Lessons Radio Interview
Buryl Baty was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men -- and an early pioneer against bigotry. In 1950, after serving in World War II, quarterbacking the Texas Aggies during glory days of the old Southwest Conference, and being drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions, Baty became head football coach for the Bowie High School Bears in the Segundo Barrio of El Paso. Coach Baty quickly inspired this all-Mexican American team of athletes from the south side ghetto with his winning ways and personal stand against the era's extreme, deep-seated prejudice to which they were subjected. Decades later, the school and its former players memorialized Coach Baty's legacy by dedicating Bowie High's stadium in his name, and inducting him into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty is written by Gaines Baty, son of this legendary coach, who came to know his dad, and learn from him, through the eyes of over 100 people whose lives he touched.
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Powerful Life Lessons Radio Interview

07 Oct Powerful Life Lessons Radio Interview

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In a nutshell, the author, Gaines Baty, is a Dallas-area CEO and former all-conference football player at Texas Tech.  Several years ago, he began doing some research to write a book about the dad he never really got an opportunity to know — All-American Texas A&M QB Buryl Baty.  Long story short, Baty was an all-everything quarterback and local hero who left A&M to serve in WWII.  He came back after the war in Europe, re-enrolled, won big, was drafted by the NFL’s Detroit Lions, shunned professional football and chose instead to coach at an impoverished school (Bowie High) in El Paso. There, he took a group of Mexican American kids who’d never won a thing or really been fought for in any way (Baty took a real stand against some deep-seated bigotry before anything like a civil rights movement began) and not only greatly shaped their character, but led them to multiple championships.  Then, just as they were preparing to win a third, he was killed in an auto accident on a scouting trip. He was 30 years old (a few of the many pics we have are below).  Gaines was just three.

 

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