| A Century of Philadelphia Sports Contributor(s): Westcott, Rich (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566398614 ISBN-13: 9781566398619 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $37.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2001 Annotation: An engaging history of sports in the Philadelphia area during the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 00047978 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 7.24" W x 10.24" (2.00 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What was Philadelphia's first National Hockey League team? A hint: No, it wasn't the Flyers. What Philadelphia-area tennis star survived the sinking of the Titanic? A hint: He was ranked number one in 1916. Which baseball sluggers, one from the Phillies and one from the Athletics, won triple crowns in their respective leagues in the same year? A hint: The year was 1933. If you got even one right answer, you're a winner, or you've already read A Century of Philadelphia Sports. Philadelphia-area athletes have taken home thirty big league home run crowns and twelve NBA scoring titles. The area is home to five Indianapolis 500 winners, five Sullivan Award winners, four Heisman Trophy recipients, and a two-time U.S. Open champion. Not to mention Rube Waddell, the A's Hall of Fame pitcher who would sometimes leave the ballpark in the middle of a game to chase fire trucks. And they're all here in this groundbreaking book. Unprecedented in its breadth and sweep, A Century of Philadelphia Sports covers the bigtime teams and events but also amateur and college sports. Here you will relive the glory days of Penn football and Bobby Jones's completion of the Grand Slam at Merion, the Eagles' de |