This is an excellent reference book that will be a valuable
addition to any sports reference collection. "Choice"
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.
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.
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