| Conshohocken and West Conshohocken Sports Contributor(s): Coll, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738565423 ISBN-13: 9780738565422 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: By the late 1870s, sports started to play a key role in the small boroughs of Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. In 1905, the Conshohocken professional basketball team became the countryas first world champions, noted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Conshohockenas 1919 football team went undefeated, winning the eastern seaboard title, and that teamas photograph hangs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Conshohocken Soap Box Derby, Little League baseball, and the Fellowship House have also provided an assortment of sporting events. Conshohocken and West Conshohocken Sports is a pictorial tribute to this regionas storied sporting past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 2008941495 |
| Series: Images of Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By the late 1870s, sports started to play a key role in the small boroughs of Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. In 1905, the Conshohocken professional basketball team became the country s first world champions, noted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Conshohocken s 1919 football team went undefeated, winning the eastern seaboard title, and that team s photograph hangs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Conshohocken Soap Box Derby, Little League baseball, and the Fellowship House have also provided an assortment of sporting events. Conshohocken and West Conshohocken Sports is a pictorial tribute to this region s storied sporting past." |
Contributor Bio(s): Coll, Jack: - Jack Coll, a published author with a library of more than 2,000 sports photographs, is an award-winning photographer with more than 30 years of experience. His interest in sports has led him to write and produce a documentary film, A Century of Football in Conshohocken. |