Dandy Dons

Author : James W. Johnson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803224443
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dandy Dons written by James W. Johnson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1950s three unrecruited black basketball players, coached by a white former prison guard who had never before coached a college team, led a small Jesuit university in San Francisco to two national titles. The Dandy Dons describes for the first time how the unprecedented accomplishment of the Dons, led by coach Phil Woolpert and future hall-of-famers Bill Russell and K. C. Jones, paved the way for black talent in major college basketball and transformed the sport. James W. Johnson traces the backgrounds of the coach and players, chronicles the heart-stopping games on the road to the championships, and details the Dons’ novel techniques: a more vertical game, more central defense, and intimidation as part of game strategy. He also gives a textured picture of life on an integrated basketball team amid a culture of racism and Jim Crow in mid-twentieth-century America.

Author : Mark Ribowsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0871407485
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry written by Mark Ribowsky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” —Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013 As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for twenty-nine years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the likes of whom we’ll never see again.

Author : Stuart Anderson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462834442
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels with Anne written by Stuart Anderson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-10-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travels with Anne is a hilarious account of vacation misadventures. Join Stuart Anderson and his ever-faithful companion, Anne, as they try their luck in various unlikely vacation spots, including: southern Africa, where Anne and Stuart learn about the perils of traveling with a guide who knows absolutely nothing about the country; Central America, where the vacationers learn about humidity, jungle insects, and why it doesnt pay to drop your eyeglasses into the ocean; the Yukon Territory, where Anne and Stuart find that grizzly bears can be very annoying; the Canadian High Arctic, where it turns outif you can believe itthat the weather can be pretty darned bad; Trinidad and Tobago, where the most notable things about the weather are the rain and the fact that it never stops; Mexicos Copper Canyon, where Stuart and Anne are lucky enough to travel with the quintessential Texas windbag; and, finally, West Texass Chihuahan Desert, where the vacationers enjoy missing car keys, flat tires, and repeated encounters with seemingly insane bird watchers. Along with being endlessly funny, Travels with Anne is also a surefire cure for wanderlust. Read this book, and for heavens sake stay at home.

Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Los Angeles Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.

Author : Terry Brennan
Publisher : Loyola Press
ISBN 13 : 0829451242
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Though the Odds Be Great or Small written by Terry Brennan and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 16, 1957, an unranked Notre Dame football team squared off against the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners. It was supposed to be an easy Sooners win. But despite being 19-point underdogs, the Fighting Irish, guided by their young and tenacious coach Terry Brennan, maneuvered their way to a 7–0 upset, ending the Sooners’ NCAA-record 47-game winning streak. Though the Odds Be Great or Small chronicles the story of legendary coach Terry Brennan, from his days as a player at Notre Dame under Frank Leahy, to his selection as the head coach in 1954, to the high-intensity comeback season of 1957 in which Notre Dame finished in the top 10 overall. This book provides the social, cultural, and athletic context to understand college football before and after 1957—a year that changed how the game was played at Notre Dame for decades. The 1957 season remains one of the most important seasons in Notre Dame football’s storied history. In Though the Odds Be Great or Small, Coach Brennan shares his version of what happened in the trenches and on the sidelines during a time when a college football game had the power to keep an entire country on the edge of its seat.

Author : American Devon Cattle Club
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Devon Record written by American Devon Cattle Club and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aram Goudsouzian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052094576X
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of the Court written by Aram Goudsouzian and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. From the moment he stepped onto the court of the Boston Garden in 1956, Russell began to transform the sport in a fundamental way, making him, more than any of his contemporaries, the Jackie Robinson of basketball. In King of the Court, Aram Goudsouzian provides a vivid and engrossing chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Russell’s leaping, wide-ranging defense altered the game’s texture. His teams provided models of racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s, and, in 1966, he became the first black coach of any major professional team sport. Yet, like no athlete before him, Russell challenged the politics of sport. Instead of displaying appreciative deference, he decried racist institutions, embraced his African roots, and challenged the nonviolent tenets of the civil rights movement. This beautifully written book—sophisticated, nuanced, and insightful—reveals a singular individual who expressed the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. while echoing the warnings of Malcolm X.

Author : O.I.C. Swine Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The O.I.C. Swine Breeders' Association Record written by O.I.C. Swine Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : O.I.C. Swine Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book O. I. C. Swine Breeders' Association Record written by O.I.C. Swine Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: