Sport in the American West – serie
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More Than Just Peloteros
Sport and U.S. Latino Communities
Av Jorge Iber
Inbunden, 2015
658 kr
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Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented. The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros demonstrate that participation in sport and …
More Than Just Peloteros
Sport and U.S. Latino Communities
Av Jorge Iber
Häftad, 2015
445 kr
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Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented. The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros demonstrate that participation in sport and …
West Texas Middleweight
The Story of LaVern Roach
Av Frank Sikes
Inbunden, 2016
321 kr
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LaVern Roach, a skinny kid from the small town of Plainview, Texas, rose from obscurity to become one of boxing’s most popular figures during the 1940s. Roach’s rise to prominence occurred during an era when boxing shared the spotlight with baseball as the nation’s top two professional sports. As a …
Baugh to Brady
The Evolution of the Forward Pass
Av Lew Freedman
Inbunden, 2019
349 kr
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The quarterback pass is one of the leading offensive components of today's National Football League and college football's top level of play. This was not always the case. In early American football, the strategy focused entirely on advancing the ball one running play at a time, with the player …
Our White Boy
Av Jerry Craft
Häftad, 2024
274 kr
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At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch–so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball club he'd never heard of came as a welcome surprise. But Craft was in for an even bigger surprise …
Latinos and Latinas in American Sport
Stories Beyond Peloteros
Av Jorge Iber
Häftad, 2019
436 kr
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Latinos and Latinas in American Sport: Stories Beyond Peloteros expands upon the significance of sport in U.S. Latino communities by looking at sports as diverse as drag racing and community softball, the rise of Latinas in high school basketball, and the role of Latinos in protesting social …
Remembering Bulldog Turner
Unsung Monster of the Midway
Av Michael Barr
Häftad, 2026
213 kr
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Clyde "Bulldog" Turner rose from the West Texas plains to become an early lynchpin of the Chicago Bears and the NFL and one of the greatest linemen of the pre-television era. Fame, however, did not stick to Bulldog Turner because the positions he played rarely made headlines. Bulldog played center …
Our White Boy
Av Jerry Craft
Inbunden, 2010
364 kr
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In the Jim Crow South, is an inspiring story of 'Jackie Robinson in reverse'. At the outset of summer break in 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft had no more enticing options than to stay home and help on the family ranch-so the telephoned offer to play for a semipro baseball club he'd never heard …
Playing in Shadows
Texas and Negro League Baseball
Av Rob Fink
Inbunden, 2010
364 kr
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This is the untold story of black semi-professional baseball in the Lone Star State. While baseball may have long been considered an all-American sport in which a melting pot could celebrate ethnic heroes like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Connie Mack, and Stan Musial, racial …
Remembering Bulldog Turner
Unsung Monster of the Midway
Av Michael Barr
Inbunden, 2013
364 kr
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Clyde ""Bulldog"" Turner rose from the West Texas plains to become an early lynchpin of the Chicago Bears and the NFL and one of the greatest linemen of the pre-television era. Fame, however, did not stick to Bulldog Turner because the positions he played rarely made headlines. Bulldog played …
Wil the Thrill
The Untold Story of Wilbert Montgomery
Inbunden, 2013
304 kr
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When Wilbert Montgomery earned his Super Bowl XLVII ring as running-backs coach for the Baltimore Ravens in 2013, he was no stranger to glory. In Philadelphia and elsewhere his legacy still looms large. Montgomery was the halfback whose touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and total 194 …
Becoming Iron Men
The Story of the 1963 Loyola Ramblers
Av Lew Freedman
Inbunden, 2014
364 kr
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Loyola University Chicago was ahead of its time when racial matters were forefront in a long overdue revolution in civil rights. The Ramblers of the 1962-1963 NCAA college basketball season were pioneers in race relations in sport, though most of the time they were simply playing the sport they …
Shooting for the Record
Adolph Toepperwein, Tom Frye, and Sharpshooting’s Forgotten Controversy
Av Tim Price
Inbunden, 2016
334 kr
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Every few years, a book comes along that makes an important contribution to the history of American sport, even though—or, maybe, because—its storyline delves into the obscure. The event that launches the narrative in Shooting for the Record is the 1959 news report that strapping and handsome Tom …
