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Game faces : five early American champions and the sports they changed /

This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicyc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pauly, Thomas H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This compelling blend of biography and cultural history depicts five important yet nearly forgotten athletes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who had a transformative effect on their sports and on the evolution of sports in general. Tom Stevens was the first man to ride a bicycle, "a high wheeler," around the world (1884-87). Fanny Bullock Workman completed seven expeditions into the Himalayas between 1898 and 1912. Bill Reid, a Harvard football coach and one of the game's first professionals, played a key role in saving the sport from a national movement to abolish.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803240513
0803240511
1280687711
9781280687716
9786613664655
6613664650