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Zealous KU alumni cause school to be on NCAA ‘carpet’
Zealous alumni had Kansas University on NCAA probation today, and since it is known other charges have been filed in recent months, this might not be the end of KU’s athletic troubles with the college athletic governing body. The NCAA Wednesday slapped a two-year probation on KU basketball and a one-year probation on football. The agency charged that KU boosters provided former basketball star Wilt Chamberlain with a 1956 Oldsmobile convertible while he was at KU. It also said alumni indulged in illegal recruiting practices in the transfer of three football players - Bert Coan, Mickey Walker and Jim Street - two from Texas schools.