0.9 Linear Feet, Summary: 11 in. (1 index card box, 5 in. x 7 in. x 11 in.; 1 folder)
Quantity
1.85 Gigabytes, 36 .wav files
Creator
Constatine, Tony
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Sound recordings of interviews conducted with Tony Constatine in 2001, sports editor of the Morgantown Post from 1936-1972.
Topics addressed include the history of football and basketball at West Virginia University (WVU) through the decades. Includes
over 20 hours of interviews on original set of cassette audio tapes, and duplicate set of digital audio files on 27 compact
discs (numbered 1-8, 8a-26). Also present are compact discs 27-29 with additional sports related files. Interviews were conducted
by Edgar O. Barrett. Constatine has written two books on WVU football, including "Mountaineer Football, 1891-1969" and "A
Record of West Virginia University Football, The First 100 Years".
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or
remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Tony Constatine, Morgantown Post Sports Editor, Interviews, A&M 3710,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Tony Constatine, a Morgantown, West Virginia native and son of immigrants, served 37 years as sports editor of the Morgantown
Post from 1936-1972. Constatine was employed as a newspaper sales boy in his youth, and later worked at the Morgantown Glassware
Guild, in construction, and in the restaurant business. His experience helping local news reporter and longtime friend Dave
Jacobs keep statistics at games let to a job at the Post. He married and raised five children.
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