Wheelchair basketball player number used by Ray Werner of the Jersey Wheelers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wheelchair basketball player number used by Ray Werner of the Jersey Wheelers. This number was placed on the back of Werner’s wheelchair during games. Wheelchair basketball used traditional equipment and rule play, allowing athletes to participate with little more than their wheelchairs. As more programs for people with disabilities appeared, sports using more advanced equipment emerged.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ray Werner was paralyzed below the waist during his World War II service on Guadalcanal in July of 1942. He was sent to a rehabilitation hospital, where sports were used in his treatment. Werner, a gifted athlete in high school, was a perfect candidate for a new series of rehabilitation programs initiated by the federal government. Wheelchair basketball was the first sport included in these programs, and Werner excelled becoming a pioneer of the sport. He competed in the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 and continued to help disabled veterans, opening a wheelchair repair shop and installing hand controls in cars for drivers with paraplegia.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Wheelchair Basketball
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: David Hoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0026.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0026
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0026.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: player number
label: Object Name
content: player number, adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball
label: Object Name
content: player number, adaptive sports
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oil cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.5 cm x 55 cm; 15 15/16 in x 21 21/32 in