Sports immortals : stories of inspiration and achievement, Jim Platt with James Buckley, Jr. ; photographs by Matt Silk ; forewords by Franco Harris and Maurice Lucas]

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Label

Sports immortals : stories of inspiration and achievement, Jim Platt with James Buckley, Jr. ; photographs by Matt Silk ; forewords by Franco Harris and Maurice Lucas]

Link

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Title remainder

stories of inspiration and achievement

Statement of responsibility

Jim Platt with James Buckley, Jr. ; photographs by Matt Silk ; forewords by Franco Harris and Maurice Lucas]

Instantiates

• Sports immortals : stories of inspiration and achievement

Publication

• Chicago, Triumph Books, c2002

Note

• At head of title: Featuring Joel Platt and the world's largest collection of sports memorabilia
• Includes index

Contents

Forewords / Franco Hharris and Maurice Lucas -- Introduction: what is sports immortals? -- Spark that ignited the flame -- Joel Platt story -- Sports immortals -- Baseball -- Immortals who inspire: baseball -- Connie Mack -- Cy Young -- Christy Mathewson -- Honus Wagner & Ty Cobb -- Walter Johnson -- Babe Rugh -- Lou Gehrig -- Josh Gibson -- Jackie Robinson -- Satchel Paige -- Ted Williams -- Roberto Clemente -- Cal Ripkin Jr. -- Basketball -- Immortals who inspire: basketball -- George Mikan -- Wilt Chamberlain -- Oscar Robertson -- Bill Walton & Maurice Lucas -- Kareem Abkul-Jabbar -- Shaquille O'Neal -- Boxing -- Immortals who inspire: Boxing -- James Corgett vs John L. Sullivan, 1892 -- James Jeffries vs Jack Johnson, 1910 -- Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney, 1927 -- Joe Louis vs Billy Conn, 1941 -- Ray Robinson vs Jake LaMotta, 1951 -- Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston, 1964 -- Ray Leonard vs Marvin Hagler, 1987 -- Football -- Immortals who inspire: footmall -- Kim Thorpe -- Red Grange -- Sid Luckman -- 1958 NFL championship game -- Vince Lombardi -- Super Bown I -- Super bowl III -- Immaculate reception -- Walter Payton -- Immortals who inspire: Olympic sports -- Jim Thorpe -- Johnny Weissmuller -- Jesse Owens -- Mark Spitz -- Dorothy Hamill -- 1980 U.S. hockey team -- Other sports -- Immortals who inspire: other sports -- Bobby Jones -- Babe Didrickson Zaharias -- Jack Nicklaus -- Arnold Plamer -- Bobby Orr -- Gordie Howe -- Wayne Gretzky -- Eddie Arcaro & Angel Cordero -- Willie Shoemaker -- Don Budge -- Chris Evert/Bjorn Borg -- Andre Agassi vs Pete Sampras -- Richard Petey -- Dale Earnhard -- Pelé -- Gallery -- More images from the sports immortals collection -- Sports immortals museum: what the furture holds -- Ed Calesa & Blue: testament to perserverance -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Extent

1 online resource (180 pages

Form of item

online

Other physical details

illustrations (some color))

Record ID

isbn_9781572434608

Specific material designation

remote

System control number

(OCoLC)1035890742