Swaim-Paup-Foran Spirit of Sport Series – serie
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Houston Cougars in the 1960s
Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century
Inbunden, 2015
333 kr
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On January 20, 1968, the University of Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending a 47-game winning streak. Billed as the “Game of the Century,” the defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by 52,693 fans and a national television audience—the first-ever regular-season game broadcast …
Fair Ways
How Six Black Golfers Won Civil Rights in Beaumont, Texas
Häftad, 2015
225 kr
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In the summer of 1955, early in the modern civil rights era, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, began attacking the Jim Crow caste system when they filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. The golfers and their African American lawyers went to federal …
Coaching Life
Inbunden, 2017
364 kr
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This memory and countless others form the greatest treasure of Coach Blair’s life, as he makes clear in this engaging, inspiring memoir, written with veteran sports journalist and author Rusty Burson. Indeed, as Blair says, “What I cherish the most are the memories of these players and coaches.” …
Champion of the Barrio
The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty
Inbunden, 2015
304 kr
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Buryl Baty (1924–1954) was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men, and an early pioneer in the fight against bigotry. In 1950, Baty became head football coach at Bowie High School in El Paso and quickly inspired his athletes, all Mexican Americans from the Segundo Barrio, with his winning ways …
Cy Young Catcher
Av Charlie O'Brien, Doug Wedge
Inbunden, 2015
364 kr
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During fifteen seasons in the major leagues, Charlie O’Brien was battery-mate to thirteen pitchers who won the Cy Young Award, presented each year by the Baseball Writers Association of America.To put that accomplishment in perspective, Hall of Fame catchers Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra each worked …
Mighty, Mighty Matadors
Estacado High School, Integration, and a Championship Season
Av Al Pickett
Inbunden, 2017
287 kr
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Strongly inviting comparisons with the movie Remember the Titans, this book by veteran sports journalist and author Al Pickett is an inspiring, insider account of the Lubbock Estacado Matadors, who came together for love of a sport to become Texas State AAA High School football champions in their …
Fallen Stars
Five American Athletes Who Died in Military Service
Inbunden, 2017
319 kr
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In the spring of 2002, motivated by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, National Football League stalwart Patrick Daniel Tillman turned down a multimillion-dollar contract to join the US Army. Two years later, he died while serving his country in the mountains of Afghanistan. In the process, …
Cloyce Box, 6'4"" and Bulletproof
Av Michael Barr
Inbunden, 2017
295 kr
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Cloyce Box was an American original. He was handsome, athletic, intelligent, and ambitious, and his life was the stuff of which dreams and miniseries are made. Starting out as a dirt-poor farm boy from the Texas backcountry, he used his great talents to become a star in the National Football …
