Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Basketball and Other Indoor SportsBiographical Dictionary of American Sports: Basketball and Other Indoor Sports
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Book, 1989
Current format, Book, 1989, , In-library use only.Book, 1989
Current format, Book, 1989, , In-library use only. Offered in 0 more formatsThe fourth of four companion volumes. Provides data for some 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. Sports considered include basketball, boxing, swimming and diving, wrestling, ice hockey, gymnanstics, figure skating, bowling, and weightlifting. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Offers brief profiles of professional and collegiate athletes in basketball, bowling, boxing, diving, figure skating, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, weightlifting, and wrestling
"This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable addition to any sports reference collection." Choice
<p>This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable addition to any sports reference collection. <i>Choice</i></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p>
Offers brief profiles of professional and collegiate athletes in basketball, bowling, boxing, diving, figure skating, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, weightlifting, and wrestling
"This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable addition to any sports reference collection." Choice
<p>This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable addition to any sports reference collection. <i>Choice</i></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p>
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