The Greatest Player

Author : J. Michael Veron
Publisher : Crown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307434210

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The Greatest Player Who Never Lived by J. Michael Veron Pdf

When Charley Hunter goes to work as a summer intern at a prestigious Atlanta law firm, he has no idea that his passion for golf will come into play on the job. Stumbling onto a yellowed file containing correspondence between Beau Stedman, an astonishingly talented teenage golfer, and the legendary Bobby Jones (once a partner at the firm), Hunter finds himself embroiled in a decades-old murder case–and searching for an invisible champion who won nearly all his matches with the masters. As Hunter unravels the facts of Stedman’s case, his hunger for the truth is matched only by his deepening reverence for the game, one that leads him to a heart-stopping courtroom showdown between golf’s most powerful association and a family torn apart by buried secrets.

Author : Paolo Hewitt,Paul McGuigan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780570211

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The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw by Paolo Hewitt,Paul McGuigan Pdf

Robin Friday was an exceptional footballer who should have played for England. He never did. Robin Friday was a brilliant player who could have played in the top flight. He never did. Why? Because Robin Friday was a man who would not bow down to anyone, who refused to take life seriously and who lived every moment as if it were his last. For anyone lucky enough to have seen him play, Robin Friday was up there with the greats. Take it from one who knows: 'There is no doubt in my mind that if someone had taken a chance on him he would have set the top division alight,' says the legendary Stan Bowles. 'He could have gone right to the top, but he just went off the rails a bit.' Loved and admired by everyone who saw him, Friday also had a dark side: troubled, strong-minded, reckless, he would end up destroying himself. Tragically, after years of alcohol and drug abuse, he died at the age of 38 without ever having fulfilled his potential. The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw provides the first full appreciation of a man too long forgotten by the world of football, and, along with a forthcoming film based on Friday's life, with a screenplay by co-author Paolo Hewitt, this book will surely give him the cult status he deserves.

Author : Jimmy Burns
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1509849122

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Cristiano and Leo by Jimmy Burns Pdf

The story of the two football players, Lionel Andrés Messis (b. 1987) and Cristiano Ronaldo (b. 1985). Their differences seem to tap into something fundamental about football and indeed life

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1571672346

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The Greatest Players and Moments of the Philadelphia Flyers by Stan Fischler Pdf

Call 'em the Broad Street Bullies, the Ferocious Flyers, or Bobby Clarke's Bashers, Philadelphia's icemen have been among the most exciting athletes in sports. Bursting onto the big-league hockey scene in 1967-68, the Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. Combining guts, goals and glamour in equal proportions, the Flyers captured the imagination of a city as well as the National Hockey League.

Author : Mark Frost
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781401381868

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The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost Pdf

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED is the story of Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon, who in pursuit of their passion for a game that captivated them as children, broke down rigid social barriers that made their sport accessible to everyone on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, positioning golf as one of the most widely played games in the world. Ouimet and Vardon were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world whose lives, unbeknownst to them at the time, bore remarkable similarities, setting them on parallel paths that led with a kind of fated inevitability to their epic battle at Brookline years in the future. This collision resulted in the big bang' that gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it today. For Mark Frost, Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon represent everything that's right about sports in general and sportsmen in particular; gentlemen, champions, teachers, leaders, and each in their own quiet way, heroes. In THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, Frost attempts to create penetrating studies of both of these men, along with over dozens of the game's seminal figures, within the dramatic framework offered by the tournament when they finally met, one of the most thrilling sports events in history, the 1913 U.S. Open.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493069361

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The 50 Greatest Players in Cleveland Browns History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

The 50 Greatest Players in Cleveland Browns History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the National Football League’s oldest and most iconic and franchises. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Browns legacy, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Browns uniform, The 50 Greatest Players in Cleveland Browns History ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player’s greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493038206

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The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Eagles History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Eagles History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the NFL's most iconic and successful franchises. The author ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player's greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493031894

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The 50 Greatest Players in Green Bay Packers History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

The 50 Greatest Players in Green Bay Packers History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the National Football League’s most iconic and successful franchises. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Packers legacy of excellence, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Packers uniform, The 50 Greatest Players in Green Bay Packers History ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player’s greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810883932

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The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

This book carefully examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the most successful franchises in the history of professional sports. Features of The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History include quotes from opposing players and former teammates, summaries of each player s best season, recaps of their most memorable performances, and listings of their notable achievements.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493077663

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The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Celtics History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

One of professional basketball's most iconic franchises, the Boston Celtics—along with the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots, both of whom have been the subject of "50 Greatest" treatments by sports historian Robert W. Cohen—represent a multistate region rather than just a city or state. Many of the sport's very best have played for the Celtics, including Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Paul Pierce. But who is the greatest of them all? In The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Celtics History, Cohen attempts to determine just that. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which these players impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Celtics legacy, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Celtics uniform, this book ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player’s greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493046997

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The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

In The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of the NFL's most historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of memorable performances and greatest individual seasons, as well as a statistical summary of each player's career with the Bears. The Bears' best are profiled here in what is bound to be a much discussed book among the team's broad fan base. An added bonus are the "honorable mentions," the next 25 players who have contributed to the Bears' astounding run as one of America's great sports teams.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493066964

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The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Phillies History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

In The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Phillies History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of Major League Baseball's most iconic and historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of memorable performances, as well as a statistical summary of each player's career with the Phillies. The team's best are profiled here in what is sure to be a much discussed book among the Phillies' broad fan base. An added bonus is the "honorable mentions," the next 25 players who have contributed to the Phillies' astounding run as one of America's great sports teams.

Author : Sandy Roydhouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-16
Category : Readers (Primary)
ISBN : 073397242X

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Snapshots: The greatest player by Sandy Roydhouse Pdf

Author : S. A. Kramer
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780553533958

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Basketball's Greatest Players by S. A. Kramer Pdf

Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.

Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493071180

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The 50 Greatest Players in Braves History by Robert W. Cohen Pdf

The 50 Greatest Players in Braves History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of Major League Baseball’s oldest and most iconic franchises. Using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Braves legacy—in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta—and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Braves uniform, The 50 Greatest Players in Braves History ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in team history. Quotes from opposing players and former teammates are provided along the way, as are summaries of each player’s greatest season, most memorable performances, and most notable achievements.