Biographical Dictionary Of American Sports A F

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0313311749

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: A-F by David L. Porter Pdf

A standard source of first referral, Porter's multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements. This three-volume work profiles over 1,450 baseball luminaries, including current stars, former major league players, managers, umpires, executives, and Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League stars. All entries from earlier volumes are revised and updated, and 477 new figures are added. A handy reference, this comprehensive work provides more biographical information on these baseball professionals than any other reference available. Contributed by baseball historians, educators, and journalists, each profile highlights biographical data, career records, and honors; discusses the subject's accomplishments; and provides bibliographic information. These volumes will be an invaluable reference for baseball aficionados and all libraries.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:657971433

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports. Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313284311

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

The sixth volume of the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, this supplement includes entries on 616 major figures in baseball, football, basketball, and other sports.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313262616

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable addition to any sports reference collection. Choice With the recent growth of interest in the historical role of American sports in the nation's development, a need has arisen for a scholarly, yet accessible biographical dictionary of notable American sports figures. Designed to meet that need, this definitive new reference will be welcomed by historians, sports scholars, educators, and sports fans. The fourth of four companion volumes, it provides biographies and bibliographic data for over 550 athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, and other men and women who have played an active role in American indoor sports or helped to promote them. The sports considered include basketball, boxing, swimming and diving, wrestling, ice hockey, gymnastics, figure skating, bowling, and weightlifting. Biographical essays have been contributed by some ninety sports historians, educators, and journalists. Each entry presents full biographical data, career records, accomplishments, and honors, a discussion of the significance of the subject's achievements, and bibliographic information on pertinent manuscripts, oral history and audio-visual materials, books, monographs, and articles. In eleven appendices, the editor provides extensive cross-referencing and listings covering sports halls of fame, sports associations, organizations, and leagues, indoor sporting events, sites of Olympic games, indoor sports periodicals, and other topics. This comprehensive biographical dictionary will be a useful addition to the reference section of libraries with collection in sports, sports history, or physical education.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313262609

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

[F]ascinating reading and an excellent sports reference source. This volume is highly recommended for public and academic libraries and also for large high school collections. Booklist This dictionary is the third of four companion volumes, each containing comprehensive biographical and statistical data on over 500 athletic figures including managers, coaches, executives, and media personnel. Each volume contains essays contributed by sports historians, sports writers, journalists, teachers, and publishers. Entries are listed alphabetically within each outdoor sport and cover major individuals from auto racing, golf, harness and thoroughbred racing, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, speed skating, tennis, and track and field. Amateur sports administrators, bicyclists, bobsledders, equestrian riders, field hockey players, promotors, sportscasters, writers, and yachtsmen are also discussed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780313284359

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A Cumulative Index to the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by Anonim Pdf

This volume provides a cumulative index to the highly acclaimed multi-volume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, listing all items alphabetically for the first five volumes, published from 1987 to 1992. The five volumes, classified by sport, provide comprehensive biographical information on over 2,700 of the nation's most extraordinary sports figures. A majority of the index applies to baseball, football, and basketball entries, but other sports covered include auto racing, golf, harness and thoroughbred racing, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, tennis, track and field, bowling, boxing, gymnastics, ice hockey, figure and speed skating, swimming and diving, weight lifting, and wrestling. Five letter classifications indicate the volume where particulars can be located, (e.g.: B: Baseball volume, F: Football volume, I: Basketball and other Indoor Sports, O: Outdoor Sports volume, S: Supplement volume). This index will save users considerable time.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313257711

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

Covering 520 notable college and professional football players, coaches, executives, rules developers, and promoters, this volume provides short (300-900 words), signed sketches listing personal and career information. Ronald Mendell's Who's Who in Football ( LJ 3/1/75) has 1400 personalities in briefer entries. Porter is more current and detailed and also provides brief bibliographies, cross-references, and appendixes listing entries by main category (e.g., player), main position played, etc. This is the second volume in the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports .

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Baseball
ISBN : 0313311765

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Q-Z by David L. Porter Pdf

A standard source of first referral, Porter's Biographical Dictionary of American Sports now adds a long-awaited revised and expanded edition of the popular 1987 Baseball volume and its supplements.

Author : Pete Cava
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476622705

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Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players by Pete Cava Pdf

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City’s first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three games in a World Series; the man who caught most of Cy Young’s record 511 career wins; one of the game’s first star relievers; the player who held the record for consecutive games played before Lou Gehrig; an obscure infielder mentioned in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip; baseball’s only one-legged pitcher; Indiana’s first Mr. Basketball, who became one of baseball’s greatest pinch-hitters; the first African American to play for the Cincinnati Reds; the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series; the skipper of the 1969 “Miracle Mets”; the pitcher for whom a ground-breaking surgical procedure is named; and the only two men to have played in both the World Series and the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1985 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9784057664101

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American League All-Stars by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Shirley Ohles,Frederik Ohles,John Ramsay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313005008

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Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators by Shirley Ohles,Frederik Ohles,John Ramsay Pdf

Widely praised, Greenwood's Biographical Dictionary of American Educators (Greenwood, 1978) quickly became a standard reference work for students and scholars of American education. This new volume includes biographical sketches of more than 400 notable researchers, leaders, reformers, critics, and practitioners from all major fields of education and extends the coverage of its predecessor to the mid-20th century. Its topical range encompasses such diverse areas as psychology, music, health, measurement and evaluation, science, special education, history, and administration. It treats education at all levels, including early childhood, elementary and secondary, higher, and adult. Most of the educators profiled were active in the 20th century, but several dozen have been included from the 19th century. A special effort has been made to include women and educators of color whose contributions have often been overlooked in the past. Each biographical sketch includes information on family background, a description of the educator's accomplishments, and a digest of the person's education and career, professional and civic service, major publications, and principal honors. Each profile ends with a list of references, and the volume closes with appendices listing birth places, states of major service, fields of work, a chronological listing of educators, and a list of important dates in American education. A comprehensive index concludes the volume. Educators are included from all fifty states and were selected from numerous suggested candidates for inclusion. Most of the educators profiled were active in the 20th century, but several dozen have been included from the 19th century. A special effort has been made to include women and educators of color whose contributions have often been overlooked in the past.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313387586

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African-American Sports Greats by David L. Porter Pdf

African-American athletes have played a significant role in the development and popularity of American professional sports, and have encountered numerous obstacles on the road to athletic success. This is the first comprehensive multi-sport biographical dictionary of African Americans who reached the pinnacles of success in their sport. It contains more personal and career profiles of African-American sports greats than are found in any other single source. Biographical profiles of 166 noted athletes, coaches, and administrators in team and individual sports include both Ristorical figures such as Jesse Owens and Satchel Paige and contemporary stars such as Charles Barkley, Ken Griffey, Jr., Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Shaquille O'Neal, and Emmitt Smith. Forty-four sports historians contributed the colorfully written biographies, which blend both personal background information and athletic career accomplishments. All information is current through the middle of 1995. The dictionary covers the contributions made by African-American greats in football, baseball, basketball, track and field, boxing, wrestling, auto and stock car racing, golf, thoroughbred racing, tennis, cycling, and figure skating. More than two-thirds of the entries represent team sports. The dictionary is organized alphabetically by person. Each colorfully written profile is 800-1,000 words in length and traces the subject's personal life, family and educational background, personal struggles, career accomplishments, records set, statistical data, awards and honors, and overall impact; and features lively quotations by and about the sports luminaries. Each entry contains a handy bibliography of books and articles about the subject. Biographies of managers, coaches, and club executives describe their teams, statistical achievements, accomplishments, strategy, and sports impact. A general introduction traces the historic struggle of African-American athletes in professional and Olympic sports and appendices provide alphabetical listings of biographical entries and entries by sport. A selection of photos complement the profiles. For the sports fan or librarian, this is a first stop for biographical information that captures the personality of the athlete and includes all the pertinent information about his or her accomplishments. It is an essential addition to the reference sections of junior high, high school, and public libraries.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992-06-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002320062

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Biographical Dictionary of American Sports by David L. Porter Pdf

This volume, the fifth in the "Biographical dictionary of American sports," provides biographical and bibliographical information on 620 distinguished American sports personalities coaches, managers, officials, administrators, writers, and broadcastersas well as athletes. Written by some 85 sports historians, educators, and journalists, the entries provide biographical data, career records, accomplishments, and honors, a discussion of the subject's achievements, and bibliographic information.

Author : Jerry Roberts
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1476688001

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American Sportswriters by Jerry Roberts Pdf

Sportswriting has been often overlooked in histories of journalism, the same way it was paid little attention by newspaper managements in the early and middle 20th century. This book endeavors to remedy that oversight, presenting a concise general history of American sportswriting, as well as detailed profiles of hundreds of practitioners of the trade. Covering such subjects as journalistic ethics, women sportswriters and those of color, as well as the decline of objective sports journalism in the age of shuttered newspapers and multiplying internet outlets, this book highlights the great newspaper and magazine sports editors, columnists, and beat reporters from the 19th century into the present, from the big-city stars to the longer-lasting deans of the trade on smaller publications.

Author : Robert Balay,Vee Friesner Carrington,Murray S. Martin
Publisher : ALA Editions
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015040627955

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Guide to Reference Books by Robert Balay,Vee Friesner Carrington,Murray S. Martin Pdf

Presents an annotated bibliography of general and subject reference books covering the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history, science, technology, and medicine.