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Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:657971433
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780313284359
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 : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313387586
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 : John S. Salak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UVA:X030599649
Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106011560858
A multi-sport biographical dictionary of 166 African-American athletes, coaches, and administrators. Contains personal background information as well as career accomplishments of historical and contemporary stars through 1995.
Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313262609
[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 : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313262616
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 : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313284311
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 : 744 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015002860550
This 3-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.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786457571
The specialized jargon of some sports can be quite esoteric. Non-Americans, for example, are likely puzzled by baseball terms such as bunt, cut-off man, and safety squeeze, while the non–British may pause over cricket’s Chinaman, doosra, golden duck, off-break, popping crease, and yorker. This new dictionary gives the definitions of more than 8,000 terms used in sports and games from around the world, including mainstream sports like basketball and billiards alongside the more obscure netball and snooker. Entries cover sports equipment, strategies, venues, qualifying categories, awards, and administrative bodies, while a comprehensive system of cross-references offers assistance and clarification when needed. An appendix lists standard abbreviations of sports ruling bodies and administrative organizations.
Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313257711
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 : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Baseball
ISBN : UOM:39015049715983
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780199213818
Author : John Grasso
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810878570
Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada. The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.
Author : John Grasso
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0810875063
The Historical Dictionary of Basketball is a comprehensive account of all forms of basketball_amateur, professional, men's, women's, Olympic, domestic, and international_from its invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith through the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on the people, places, teams, and terminology of the game.