100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History

by Russell Roberts, Timothy Jacobs

Overview

The collaborative effort of Timothy Jacobs and Russell Roberts, 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History is a compilation of one hundred single-page biographies summarizing the lives and achievements of great athletes ranging from Ted Williams, Patty Berg, and Sugar Ray Leonard, to Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky. A black-and-white photograph or a simple sketch of each of the great sports figures accompanies the brief narrative describing their role in the particular sport they embraced. 100 Athletes Who Shaped Sports History is recommended as a quick and easy read for sports trivia buffs, as well as being a great book to introduce young people to the varied and diverse world of sports legends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780912517537
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Series:	100 Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	429,615
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Russell Roberts is an award-winning full-time freelance writer. He is the author of more than 60 books for adults and children. A well-known public speaker, he lives in New Jersey.

Timothy Jacobs is the author and editor of numerous volumes, including The Golf Courses of Robert Trent Jones, Jr., The Golf Courses of Jack Nicklaus and Great Golf Courses of the World. Mr. Jacobs currently resides in northern California with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
1.	Milo of Crotona (C. 558 B.C.)	8
2.	Phidippides (C. 490 B.C.)	9
3.	Phayllos of Crotona (C. 480 B.C.)	10
4.	Roman Emperor Domitian (A.D. 51-96)	11
5.	Thomas Topham (1710-1749)	12
6.	Sultan Selim III (1761-1808)	13
7.	Cy Young (1867-1955)	14
8.	Harry Vardon (1870-1937)	15
9.	Ray Ewry (1873-1937)	16
10.	Honus Wagner (1874-1955)	17
11.	Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949)	18
12.	Harold Vanderbilt (1884-1970)	19
13.	Ty Cobb (1886-1961)	20
14.	Jim Thorpe (1888-1953)	21
15.	Tazio Nuvolari (1892-1953)	22
16.	Bill Tilden (1893-1953)	23
17.	Babe Ruth (1895-1948)	24
18.	Jack Dempsey (1895-1983)	25
19.	Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963)	26
20.	Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)	27
21.	Bobby Jones (1902-1971)	28
22.	Glenna Collett-Vare (1903-1989)	29
23.	Red Grange (1903-1991)	30
24.	Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998)	31
25.	Babe Didrikson-Zaharias (1911-1956)	32
26.	Sonja Henie (1912-1969)	33
27.	Ben Hogan (1912-1997)	34
28.	Jesse Owens (1913-1980)	35
29.	Willie Mosconi (1913-1993)	36
30.	Joe Louis (1914-1981)	37
31.	Joe Dimaggio (1914-1999)	38
32.	Marion Ladewig (1914-)	39
33.	Ted Williams (1918-2002)	40
34.	Patty Berg (1918-)	41
35.	Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)	42
36.	John Davis (1921-1984)	43
37.	Rocky Marciano (1923-1969)	44
38.	George Mikan (1924-)	45
39.	Don Carter (1926-)	46
40.	Bob Cousy (1928-)	47
41.	Gordie Howe (1928-)	48
42.	Jacques Plante (1929-1986)	49
43.	Roger Bannister (1929-)	50
44.	Arnold Palmer (1929-)	51
45.	Pat Mccormick (1930-)	52
46.	Willie Mays (1931-)	53
47.	Willie Shoemaker (1931-)	54
48.	Johnny Unitas (1933-2002)	55
49.	Henry Aaron (1934-)	56
50.	Larissa Latynina (1934-)	57
51.	Bill Russell (1934-)	58
52.	A.J. Foyt (1935-)	59
53.	Sandy Koufax (1935-)	60
54.	Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999)	61
55.	Jim Brown (1936-)	62
56.	Richard Petty (1937-)	63
57.	Rod Laver (1938-)	64
58.	Jack Nicklaus (1940-)	65
59.	Mario Andretti (1940-)	66
60.	Pele (1940-)	67
61.	Vasili Alexeyev (1942-)	68
62.	Muhammad Ali (1942-)	69
63.	Margaret Smith Court (1942-)	70
64.	Larry Mahan (1943-)	71
65.	Franz Beckenbauer (1945-)	72
66.	Sawao Kato (1946-)	73
67.	Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1946-)	74
68.	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-)	75
69.	Dan Gable (1948-)	76
70.	Bobby Orr (1948-)	77
71.	Mark Spitz (1950-)	78
72.	Gustavo Thoeni (1951-)	79
73.	Nikolai Andrianov (1952-)	80
74.	Jimmy Connors (1952-)	81
75.	Annemarie Moser-Proell (1953-)	82
76.	Raisa Smetanina (1953-)	83
77.	Walter Payton (1954-1999)	84
78.	Chris Evert (1954-)	85
79.	Bernard Hinault (1954-)	86
80.	Larry Bird (1956-)	87
81.	Sugar Ray Leonard (1956-)	88
82.	Joe Montana (1956-)	89
83.	Martina Navratilova (1956-)	90
84.	Eric Heiden (1958-)	91
85.	Florence Griffith-Joyner (1959-1998)	92
86.	Magic Johnson (1959-)	93
87.	Diego Maradona (1960-)	94
88.	Greg Louganis (1960-)	95
89.	Nadia Comaneci (1961-)	96
90.	Wayne Gretzky (1961-)	97
91.	Greg Lemond (1961-)	98
92.	Carl Lewis (1961-)	99
93.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962-)	100
94.	Jerry Rice (1962-)	101
95.	Michael Jordan (1963-)	102
96.	Matti Nykanen (1963-)	103
97.	Bonnie Blair (1964-)	104
98.	Barry Bonds (1964-)	105
99.	Lance Armstrong (1971-)	106
100.	Tiger Woods (1975-)	107
	Trivia Quiz & Projects	108
	Index	109

Editorial Reviews

"Each entry is packed with information about the person's life, their sports records, and their legacy." — Ms. Yingling Reads

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