Hawkeye Legends Lists Lore

Author : Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1571671781

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Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow Pdf

In this book, Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore, lowa's grand athletic history is chronicled in its most complete form ever and its athletes and teams of yesteryear are brought back to life. This book also lists the great and not-so-great moments in lowa athletic history in the 'Charts' features. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate Hawkeye individuals and teams that rank in the school's history. Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore is a must for anyone who is loyal to the Black and Gold and is the perfect gift for your favourite Hawkeye fan.

Author : Michael Finn,Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow
Publisher : Sports Pub
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1582615128

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Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore by Michael Finn,Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow Pdf

Author : Hayden Fry,George Wine
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07
Category : Football
ISBN : 1582613737

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Hayden Fry by Hayden Fry,George Wine Pdf

A "high porch picnic" is a Texas expression for "an exceptionally good time." Considering Hayden Fry's glorious career as one of college football's most unique coaches, that's a good way to describe his life. Ranked 10th on the all-time collegiate list for Division I victories, Fry successfully combined his football coaching savvy with a down-home charm to make him one of the game's most colorful personalities. Hayden Fry tells of his childhood days in Odessa, Texas, his introduction of African-American athletes to the Southwest Conference, his relationships with various politicians and celebrities, such as George Bush and Roy Orbison, and his rise to fame as the State of Iowa's most recognizable citizen.

Author : Neal Rozendaal
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786469574

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Duke Slater by Neal Rozendaal Pdf

Fred "Duke" Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. Born into poverty, he developed into a two-time All-American tackle at the University of Iowa from 1918 to 1921. When the College Football Hall of Fame opened decades later, Duke was the only African American elected in the inaugural class. He then became the first black lineman in National Football League history in 1922, embarking on a remarkable ten-year career in the NFL. Incredibly, Slater was the only African American in the entire NFL for most of the late 1920s, yet he was widely recognized as one of the League's best linemen. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the gridiron. After retirement, he broke ground in the legal field as just the second black judge in Chicago history. On the field or on the bench, the inspirational life of Judge Duke Slater is a true American success story.

Author : L. Hammes, N. Rozendaal; K. Hammes
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781426943027

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Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers by L. Hammes, N. Rozendaal; K. Hammes Pdf

"Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers features prominent Hawkeye football and men’s basketball players by their jersey numbers, and it’s bound to be a hit with Hawkeye fans as they recall all the fine players in Iowa football and men’s basketball history who wore those numbers." - Ron Gonder "I think it’s marvelous how you are arranging Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers. So often books in this genre are arranged by a ranking with no historical significance, and I’m glad to see a book with a truly unique approach.” - University of Iowa Press

Author : Stephen G. Wieting
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135284138

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Sport and Memory in North America by Stephen G. Wieting Pdf

Cultures and nations remember themselves with select bodily images, evocative rituals and texts. This volume illustrates how sport is used in the creation, maintenance and now global dissemination of a nation's cherished values. Carefully drawn cases of sport in North America - American baseball and football, figure skating and gymnastics, Canadian hockey and track and field, for example - show the potency of sport's "cultural work". The book captures uplifting images which are stressed in the public performance and national and international broadcasting of sport, but also notes the omissions and distortions of social reality that persist in sport performance and mass marketing in North America.

Author : Winton U Solberg
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780252050251

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Creating the Big Ten by Winton U Solberg Pdf

Big Ten football fans pack gridiron cathedrals that hold up to 100,000 spectators. The conference's fourteen member schools share a broadcast network and a 2016 media deal worth $2.64 billion. This cultural and financial colossus grew out of a modest 1895 meeting that focused on football's brutality and encroaching professionalism in the game. Winton U. Solberg explores the relationship between higher education and collegiate football in the Big Ten's first fifty years. This formative era saw debates over eligibility and amateurism roil the sport. In particular, faculty concerned with academics clashed with coaches, university presidents, and others who played to win. Solberg follows the conference's successful early efforts to put the best interests of institutions and athletes first. Yet, as he shows, commercial concerns undid such work after World War I as sports increasingly eclipsed academics. By the 1940s, the Big Ten's impact on American sports was undeniable. It had shaped the development of intercollegiate athletics and college football nationwide while serving as a model for other athletic conferences.

Author : Robert J. Scott,Myles A. Pocta
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781475932089

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Honor on the Line by Robert J. Scott,Myles A. Pocta Pdf

It was the fall of 1940, and Americans turned to college football for relief from the turbulent world around them. The Depression still had its grip on the nation and, across the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain raged. As war crept closer every day, the nation's first peacetime draft called Americans to the defense of the country. While the great Tom Harmon of Michigan set new standards on the gridiron, on other fields black stars struggled for the right to play. At Stanford, coaching genius Clark Shaughnessy reinvented the game and in the process engineered the greatest turnaround in the history of college football. But the team everybody was talking about was Cornell. Fueled by the most powerful offense in the country, the Big Red dominated the national rankings until, on a snowy field at Dartmouth, they eked out a win with a touchdown on the last play of the game-or did they? When it came to light that the touchdown had been scored on a grievous error by the officials, Cornell, undefeated and in the race for the national championship, faced a wrenching decision. The 1940 season was one of the most exciting on record-and one that taught America about the values that really matter.

Author : Mark Dyreson,Robert Trumpbour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317989288

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The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States by Mark Dyreson,Robert Trumpbour Pdf

Many Americans know more about the stadiums that loom over their cityscapes or college campuses than they do about any other aspect of the nation’s geography. Stadiums serve as iconic monuments of urban and university identities. Indeed, the power of sport in modern American culture has produced ‘sportscapes’—landscapes literally shaped by their devotion to athletic competition. Curiously, given the importance of the secular cathedrals in American culture, historians have paid little attention to these edifices. The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States: Cathedrals of Sport seeks to remedy that oversight. This book will analyze stadiums from a variety of perspectives, paying special attention to the links between the ‘built environment’ in which Americans watch and play games and the larger social environments that the nation’s sporting practices inhabit. The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States: Cathedrals of Sport explores the role of stadiums in shaping urban identities, determining the economics of intercollegiate athletics, influencing local and national politics. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Gerald R. Gems,Gertrud Pfister
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781614728238

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Touchdown by Gerald R. Gems,Gertrud Pfister Pdf

American football is the most popular, and controversial, sport in the United States, and a massive industry. The NFL’s revenues are over $13 billion annually. The Super Bowl is watched by half of US television households and is televised in over 150 countries. Touchdown: An American Obsession is the first comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the sport, covering US college football as well as professional football worldwide. The editors and authors are among the world’s leading sports scholars. They cover race, ethnicity, religion, gender, social class, and globalization, as well as recent scandals and controversies, the importance of television, and the art and aesthetics of the game. Touchdown: An American Obsession is a readable, authoritative guide for Americans as well as an introduction for people around the world.

Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313061974

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Basketball by David L. Porter Pdf

From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. This volume is an ideal reference for students seeking easily accessed information on the greats of the game.

Author : Partners Book Distributing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015071443074

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Great Lakes and Midwest Catalog by Partners Book Distributing Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Iowa
ISBN : IOWA:31858037610064

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Annals of Iowa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rafer Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 158765475X

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Great Athletes by Rafer Johnson Pdf

Covers the greatest players in college and pro football, including the inspirational stories of Pat Tillman and Tedy Bruschi.

Author : Rick Brown,Chuck Long
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633196568

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100 Things Iowa Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Rick Brown,Chuck Long Pdf

Most Iowa Hawkeyes fans have attended a basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, seen highlights of "The Catch" that beat LSU in 2005, and were thrilled by the school's run to the 2014–15 Big Ten Football Championship Game. But only real fans know how many players have had their numbers retired, the best place to grab a bite before the game, or the only Iowa basketball player to lead the nation in scoring. 100 Things Iowa Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of Iowa athletics. Whether you're a die-hard fan from the days of Nile Kinnick or a new supporter of Fran McCaffery, this book contains everything Hawkeyes fans should know, see, and do in their lifetime.