American Sports History Series – serie
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Roller Skating for Gold
Inbunden, 1997
1199 kr
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Given the popularity of all types of skating—on the ice, on the boards, and on the streets—why isn't roller skating an Olympic event? Author David H. Lewis sought out people involved in every aspect of the sport in an attempt to answer this question. He talked to competition judges and coaches, …
For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy
Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values
Inbunden, 2000
1029 kr
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Sports history has emerged as a popular study over the past quarter century, and scholars have fueled this interest by providing a wealth of information on baseball and its role in American culture. Despite this increasing focus on the connection between sports and societal values, football, the …
Football's Stars of Summer
A History of the College All Star Football Game Series of 1934-1976
Inbunden, 2001
1646 kr
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On August 31, 1934, the first College All-Star Football Game was played at Soldier Field in Chicago. This gridiron spectacular series, which continued until 1976, served as a major factor in the popularization and growth of professional football into its current position as the "National Game" of …
Mel Ott
The Gentle Giant
Inbunden, 2003
1060 kr
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What baseball player had more hits than Babe Ruth, a better batting average than Willie Mays, a better slugging average than Ty Cobb, and more bases on balls than Stan Musial? This is the inspirational story of Melvin Thomas Ott, who at the strapping age of sixteen became a major league baseball …
Sunday at the Ballpark
Billy Sunday's Professional Baseball Career, 1883-1890
Häftad, 2000
834 kr
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Paperback edition available October, 2003. Billy Sunday was among the greatest of American evangelists. During the first quarter of the twentieth century his sermons reached hundreds of thousands of people, and he was widely quoted and admired. He was an influential social leader who supported and …
Slide, Kelly, Slide
The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly
Av Marty Appel
E-bok, 1999
497 kr
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Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game''s first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s. Slide, Kelly, Slide reacquaints baseball fans and …
American Soccer League
The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921-1931
Av Colin Jose
E-bok, 1998
1777 kr
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It was the " American Menace" according to the Scottish and English newspapers of the 1920s. The best players in the Scottish leagues were being drawn to American companies that offered good jobs in return for playing on the company soccer team. The resulting squads, many of them ethnic, beat the …
Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches
Av Jeff Marcus
E-bok, 2003
1856 kr
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Coaches have played a vital yet changing role throughout basketball''s professional history. Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches is a comprehensive directory of all the professional coaches in the history of United States basketball. Jeff Marcus provides, in alphabetical …
Slide, Kelly, Slide
The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly
Av Marty Appel
Häftad, 1999
459 kr
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Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s. Slide, Kelly, Slide reacquaints baseball fans and …
Baseball by the Numbers
A Guide to the Uniform Numbers of Major League Teams
Inbunden, 1996
908 kr
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Baseball by the Numbers is the ultimate reference for baseball numerology. Carefully compiled from widely scattered sources, many of which are obscure or difficult to obtain, it is a massive work that lists over 50,000 players, their teams, and their uniform numbers from the 1930s through the …
College Basketball's National Championships
The Complete Record of Every Tournament Ever Played
Inbunden, 1999
1206 kr
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From 1937 to 1998, eight national athletic associations have organized 493 national championship tournaments for men's and women's basketball, of which the NCAA tournament is only one. Additionally, in 1904, and then since 1938, nine other organizations have conducted 105 quasi-national …
Encyclopedia of American Soccer History
Av Roger Allaway, Colin Jose m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
735 kr
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Many believe that soccer's popularity in the United States is a recent phenomenon, that Pele introduced the sport to the U.S. market. Soccer has in fact enjoyed a long and illustrious history in this country. This book examines American soccer from the 1860s up through the 1999 Women's World Cup …
Major League Champions
1871-2001
Inbunden, 2002
1040 kr
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Since 1871, more than one thousand championships have been won in the major leagues, spanning sixty distinct leagues in eleven different sports. Major League Champions presents them all: containing the complete major league championship history of baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, …
