Author: Will Grimsley
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517655795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Babe Ruth; Muhammad Ali; Arnold Palmer; Terry Bradshaw; Wilt Chamberlain; Billie Jean King; Jesse Owens; Bobby Hull; Mickey Mantle; O.J. Simpson; Rocky Marciano; Jack Nicklaus; Joe Namath; Magic Johnson; Martina Navratilova; Pele; Ted Williams; Joe Louis; Bobby Orr; Rod Laver; Willie Mays, Larry Bird, Jim Brown; Joe Dimaggio; Wayne Gretzky; Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Leonard, Stan Musial; Gordie Howe, Pete Rose; Julius Erving; Hank Aaron; Tom Watson; Willie Shoemaker; Bill Russell; Johnny Unitas; Walter Payton; Roger Staubach; Jerry West; Sugar Ray Robinson; Bjorn Borg; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Roy Campanella; Dick Butkus; Bob Cousy; Jack Dempsey; Ty Cobb; Oscar Robertson; Red Grange; Ben Hogan; Vasily Alexeyev; Dr. Roger Bannister; Sammy Baugh; Yogi Berra; Dick Butkus; Nadia Comaneci; Jack Dempsey; Margaret Smith Court; Julius Erving; Chris Evert; Bob Feller; A.J. Foyt; Lou Gehrig; Otto Graham; Red Grange; Wayne Gretzky; Walter Hagen; Bill Hartack; Walter Hagen; Ben Hogan; Rogers Hornsby; Gordie Howe; Bobby Hull; Jack Johnson; Jack Kramer; Rod Laver; Helen Wills Moody; Al Oerter; B; Satchel Paige; Pele; Willie Pep; Richard Petty; Jacques Plante; Gary Player; Willis Reed; Maurice Richard; Oscar Robertson; Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Robinson; Pete Rose; Wilma Rudolph; Bill Russell; Gene Sarazen; Terry Sawchuk; Sam Snead' Mark Spitz; Bart Starr; Roger Staubach; Jim Thorpe; Bill Tilden; Johnny Unitas; Tom Watson; Johnny Weissmuller; Jerry West ; Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Emil Zatopek, and others.
101 Greatest Athletes of the Century
Author: Will Grimsley
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517655795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Babe Ruth; Muhammad Ali; Arnold Palmer; Terry Bradshaw; Wilt Chamberlain; Billie Jean King; Jesse Owens; Bobby Hull; Mickey Mantle; O.J. Simpson; Rocky Marciano; Jack Nicklaus; Joe Namath; Magic Johnson; Martina Navratilova; Pele; Ted Williams; Joe Louis; Bobby Orr; Rod Laver; Willie Mays, Larry Bird, Jim Brown; Joe Dimaggio; Wayne Gretzky; Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Leonard, Stan Musial; Gordie Howe, Pete Rose; Julius Erving; Hank Aaron; Tom Watson; Willie Shoemaker; Bill Russell; Johnny Unitas; Walter Payton; Roger Staubach; Jerry West; Sugar Ray Robinson; Bjorn Borg; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Roy Campanella; Dick Butkus; Bob Cousy; Jack Dempsey; Ty Cobb; Oscar Robertson; Red Grange; Ben Hogan; Vasily Alexeyev; Dr. Roger Bannister; Sammy Baugh; Yogi Berra; Dick Butkus; Nadia Comaneci; Jack Dempsey; Margaret Smith Court; Julius Erving; Chris Evert; Bob Feller; A.J. Foyt; Lou Gehrig; Otto Graham; Red Grange; Wayne Gretzky; Walter Hagen; Bill Hartack; Walter Hagen; Ben Hogan; Rogers Hornsby; Gordie Howe; Bobby Hull; Jack Johnson; Jack Kramer; Rod Laver; Helen Wills Moody; Al Oerter; B; Satchel Paige; Pele; Willie Pep; Richard Petty; Jacques Plante; Gary Player; Willis Reed; Maurice Richard; Oscar Robertson; Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Robinson; Pete Rose; Wilma Rudolph; Bill Russell; Gene Sarazen; Terry Sawchuk; Sam Snead' Mark Spitz; Bart Starr; Roger Staubach; Jim Thorpe; Bill Tilden; Johnny Unitas; Tom Watson; Johnny Weissmuller; Jerry West ; Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Emil Zatopek, and others.
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517655795
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Babe Ruth; Muhammad Ali; Arnold Palmer; Terry Bradshaw; Wilt Chamberlain; Billie Jean King; Jesse Owens; Bobby Hull; Mickey Mantle; O.J. Simpson; Rocky Marciano; Jack Nicklaus; Joe Namath; Magic Johnson; Martina Navratilova; Pele; Ted Williams; Joe Louis; Bobby Orr; Rod Laver; Willie Mays, Larry Bird, Jim Brown; Joe Dimaggio; Wayne Gretzky; Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Leonard, Stan Musial; Gordie Howe, Pete Rose; Julius Erving; Hank Aaron; Tom Watson; Willie Shoemaker; Bill Russell; Johnny Unitas; Walter Payton; Roger Staubach; Jerry West; Sugar Ray Robinson; Bjorn Borg; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Roy Campanella; Dick Butkus; Bob Cousy; Jack Dempsey; Ty Cobb; Oscar Robertson; Red Grange; Ben Hogan; Vasily Alexeyev; Dr. Roger Bannister; Sammy Baugh; Yogi Berra; Dick Butkus; Nadia Comaneci; Jack Dempsey; Margaret Smith Court; Julius Erving; Chris Evert; Bob Feller; A.J. Foyt; Lou Gehrig; Otto Graham; Red Grange; Wayne Gretzky; Walter Hagen; Bill Hartack; Walter Hagen; Ben Hogan; Rogers Hornsby; Gordie Howe; Bobby Hull; Jack Johnson; Jack Kramer; Rod Laver; Helen Wills Moody; Al Oerter; B; Satchel Paige; Pele; Willie Pep; Richard Petty; Jacques Plante; Gary Player; Willis Reed; Maurice Richard; Oscar Robertson; Jackie Robinson; Sugar Ray Robinson; Pete Rose; Wilma Rudolph; Bill Russell; Gene Sarazen; Terry Sawchuk; Sam Snead' Mark Spitz; Bart Starr; Roger Staubach; Jim Thorpe; Bill Tilden; Johnny Unitas; Tom Watson; Johnny Weissmuller; Jerry West ; Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Emil Zatopek, and others.
Greatest Sports Heroes of All Times
Author: Paul J. Christopher
Publisher: Encouragement Press, LLC
ISBN: 1933766093
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hold it! You really think we can come up with 50 greatest sports heroes? Well, we can and we have. Our heroes are not simply limited to the most popular spectator sports. On occasion our heroes go back several generations, not just to the names in the papers or the sports talk shows. Who are they? Well, certainly Jordan, Woods and Ming...but are you old enough to remember Max Schmeling or George Best? There are a lot more where they come from...skiers, cyclists, golfers and runners-all the best and more. What did they do and why are they great? The book offers: a quick, personal biography of each of our famous athletes; summary statistics of some of the most important successes; the good, the bad and the ugly of their sports careers; why these individuals went on to influence their sport; and trivia questions to challenge your knowledge and more.
Publisher: Encouragement Press, LLC
ISBN: 1933766093
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hold it! You really think we can come up with 50 greatest sports heroes? Well, we can and we have. Our heroes are not simply limited to the most popular spectator sports. On occasion our heroes go back several generations, not just to the names in the papers or the sports talk shows. Who are they? Well, certainly Jordan, Woods and Ming...but are you old enough to remember Max Schmeling or George Best? There are a lot more where they come from...skiers, cyclists, golfers and runners-all the best and more. What did they do and why are they great? The book offers: a quick, personal biography of each of our famous athletes; summary statistics of some of the most important successes; the good, the bad and the ugly of their sports careers; why these individuals went on to influence their sport; and trivia questions to challenge your knowledge and more.
101 Best Ways to Get Ahead
Author: Michael E. Angier
Publisher: Success Networks
ISBN: 9780970417534
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Readers can get tips on getting ahead from individuals--such as Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, and Tiger Woods--who were nominated for the 101 Most Successful and Respected People in the World Today list by SuccessNet.
Publisher: Success Networks
ISBN: 9780970417534
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Readers can get tips on getting ahead from individuals--such as Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, and Tiger Woods--who were nominated for the 101 Most Successful and Respected People in the World Today list by SuccessNet.
The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia
Author: David Blevins
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810861305
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive listing, including biographical information and statistics, of each athlete inducted into one of the major sports halls of fame.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810861305
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive listing, including biographical information and statistics, of each athlete inducted into one of the major sports halls of fame.
The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia
Author: Dave Blevins
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461673704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1303
Book Description
In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame was established to honor the legends of the sport. The first inductees were some of the greatest names of the dugout, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Less than ten years later, in 1945, the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted its first members. The Soccer Hall of Fame was established in 1950, followed by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959, and the Football Hall of Fame in 1963. In all, more than 1,400 inductees—players, teams, and behind the scenes personnel—have been enshrined in these five halls of fame. The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia is a comprehensive listing of each inductee elected into one or more of these major sports halls of fame. From Hank Aaron to Fred Zollner, this book contains biographical information, sport and position(s) played, and career statistics (when applicable) of each of the more than 1,400 honorees. The book also includes specific appendixes for each shrine, in which inductees are listed alphabetically and by year of induction. Also included are appendixes briefly describing the history of each hall of fame.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461673704
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1303
Book Description
In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame was established to honor the legends of the sport. The first inductees were some of the greatest names of the dugout, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Less than ten years later, in 1945, the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted its first members. The Soccer Hall of Fame was established in 1950, followed by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959, and the Football Hall of Fame in 1963. In all, more than 1,400 inductees—players, teams, and behind the scenes personnel—have been enshrined in these five halls of fame. The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia is a comprehensive listing of each inductee elected into one or more of these major sports halls of fame. From Hank Aaron to Fred Zollner, this book contains biographical information, sport and position(s) played, and career statistics (when applicable) of each of the more than 1,400 honorees. The book also includes specific appendixes for each shrine, in which inductees are listed alphabetically and by year of induction. Also included are appendixes briefly describing the history of each hall of fame.
Dandy Dons
Author: James W. Johnson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803224443
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport. James W. Johnson traces the backgrounds of the coach and players, chronicles the heart-stopping games on the road to the championships, and details the Dons’ novel techniques: a more vertical game, more central defense, and intimidation as part of game strategy. He also gives a textured picture of life on an integrated basketball team amid a culture of racism and Jim Crow in mid-twentieth-century America.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803224443
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport. James W. Johnson traces the backgrounds of the coach and players, chronicles the heart-stopping games on the road to the championships, and details the Dons’ novel techniques: a more vertical game, more central defense, and intimidation as part of game strategy. He also gives a textured picture of life on an integrated basketball team amid a culture of racism and Jim Crow in mid-twentieth-century America.
Jewish Sports Legends
Author: Joseph Siegman
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496222121
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Following the 1972 Olympics one sportswriter referred to Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals, as “the first great Jewish athlete.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. As Jewish Sports Legends shows, Jews have excelled at athletics for centuries. This engaging volume illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide. Baseball stars Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, basketball’s Red Auerbach and Dolph Schayes, and football’s Sid Luckman and Marv Levy are only a few notable examples. With photographs accompanying almost every sports personality, this fifth edition introduces some famous and some not-so-famous Jewish sports greats throughout history. More than eighty new entries have been added to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame since 2005, among them Lyle Alzado, Max Baer, Ira Berkow, Kenny Bernstein, Sasha Cohen, Shawn Green, Donna Geils Orender, Aly Raisman, and Bud Selig. While most of those profiled are professional sport champions and Olympic gold medalists, the book also features great coaches, officials, journalists, and other significant contributors in every major sport.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496222121
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Following the 1972 Olympics one sportswriter referred to Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals, as “the first great Jewish athlete.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. As Jewish Sports Legends shows, Jews have excelled at athletics for centuries. This engaging volume illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide. Baseball stars Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, basketball’s Red Auerbach and Dolph Schayes, and football’s Sid Luckman and Marv Levy are only a few notable examples. With photographs accompanying almost every sports personality, this fifth edition introduces some famous and some not-so-famous Jewish sports greats throughout history. More than eighty new entries have been added to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame since 2005, among them Lyle Alzado, Max Baer, Ira Berkow, Kenny Bernstein, Sasha Cohen, Shawn Green, Donna Geils Orender, Aly Raisman, and Bud Selig. While most of those profiled are professional sport champions and Olympic gold medalists, the book also features great coaches, officials, journalists, and other significant contributors in every major sport.
A Life in the Bush
Author: Roy MacGregor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143197800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Winner of The CAA–Birks Family Foundation Award for Biography The 2000 Ottawa-Carlton Book Award The (U.S.) Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumberman, great-grandson of a voyageur, and an avid reader and baseball fan, headed off into the largest tract of preserved bush in the world: Ontario’s Algonquin Park. When he got there, he was home for the rest of his life. From the true nature of fishing to the harsh realities of raising a family in the woods, from the role of fear in the bush to the small nuances of family relationships, A Life in the Bush is painted on a canvas both vast and richly detailed. A story that captures the tough physical demands, the rich life of the senses, and the unselfconscious freedom that comes from living apart from town and city. In this beautifully crafted memoir of his father, Roy MacGregor paints an intimate portrait of an unusual man and spins a spellbinding tale of a boy’s complex relationship with his father. He also evokes, perhaps for the first time in Canadian literature, the bush the way bush people see it, an insider's view of life in the totemic Canadian wilderness.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143197800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Winner of The CAA–Birks Family Foundation Award for Biography The 2000 Ottawa-Carlton Book Award The (U.S.) Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumberman, great-grandson of a voyageur, and an avid reader and baseball fan, headed off into the largest tract of preserved bush in the world: Ontario’s Algonquin Park. When he got there, he was home for the rest of his life. From the true nature of fishing to the harsh realities of raising a family in the woods, from the role of fear in the bush to the small nuances of family relationships, A Life in the Bush is painted on a canvas both vast and richly detailed. A story that captures the tough physical demands, the rich life of the senses, and the unselfconscious freedom that comes from living apart from town and city. In this beautifully crafted memoir of his father, Roy MacGregor paints an intimate portrait of an unusual man and spins a spellbinding tale of a boy’s complex relationship with his father. He also evokes, perhaps for the first time in Canadian literature, the bush the way bush people see it, an insider's view of life in the totemic Canadian wilderness.
The Grolier Library of International Biographies
Author:
Publisher: Grolier
ISBN: 9780717275274
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of International biographies.
Publisher: Grolier
ISBN: 9780717275274
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A collection of International biographies.
Great Moments in Wisconsin Sports
Author: Todd Mishler
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781931599450
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Calling all Wisconsin sports fans! This collection of sports stories and achievements, from the author of Cold Wars: 40 + Years of Packer-Viking, covers individual and team accomplishments across multiple sports and various levels of competition. Includes trivia, factoids, off-beat moments, weird/freak plays, black and white photographs, and lightearted accounts. In addition, a general compendium of records, streaks, and amazing moments complements the more than 40 greatest moments in Wisconsin sports.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781931599450
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Calling all Wisconsin sports fans! This collection of sports stories and achievements, from the author of Cold Wars: 40 + Years of Packer-Viking, covers individual and team accomplishments across multiple sports and various levels of competition. Includes trivia, factoids, off-beat moments, weird/freak plays, black and white photographs, and lightearted accounts. In addition, a general compendium of records, streaks, and amazing moments complements the more than 40 greatest moments in Wisconsin sports.