Sportbiographien

Packed with incident and anecdotes, usually funny - but occasionally sad - this is the true story of Jimmy Case, a true football legend.

Missy Franklin is one of the most talented swimmers in the world. Swimming with Faith: The Missy Franklin Story tells of her rise in fame in the swimming world and humbleness in the sport and her personal life.

In addition to being one of baseball's most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York.

This is the first book-length biography of Ed McKean, one of the nineteenth-century's premier shortstops. It is also the story of the so-called Emerald Age of baseball and leading Irish figures including Patsy Tebeau, Jimmy McAleer, John MGraw, and Hughie Jennings.

I had a constant battle to get where I am today. Scrimping and scraping, people telling me not to do it, I couldn''t do it. That my life wouldn''t amount to very much. Now I might have had a bit of natural talent but I got here because of pure determination and persistence. Stubbornness you might say. I always went that extra mile, pushed myself that bit harder than anyone else and never took anything for granted.It was 1954 when Beryl Charnock met keen cyclist Charlie Burton. In those days they cycled in clubs and once Beryl started she was smitten, not only with Charlie, but by the thrill and freedom found on two wheels. Beryl was better than good, she was the best, and she was determined to stay that way.Beryl Burton was five times world-pursuit champion, thirteen times national champion, twice road-racing world champion and twelve times national champion. Her accolades include time trials, former world-record holder, former British record-holder, numerous sports awards an MBE and an OBE. Burton was one of the most astonishing sports people ever to have lived, but she remains something of a mystery.Beryl, which celebrates the extraordinary sporting achievements of this inspirational cyclist, has been specially commissioned as an adaptation from Maxine Peake''s acclaimed 2012 Radio 4 play and marks her stage-writing debut. It received its world premiere on 30 June 2014 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in the Courtyard Theatre.

8th May 2013: the day Manchester United fans had dreaded for 3 decades. Sir Alex Ferguson announced he was to step down as manager of the world's biggest football club after 27 years in charge. This in-depth biography charts Fergie's unstoppable rise and pays tribute to the greatest manager the world has ever seen.

In Christy Mathewson, the Christian Gentleman: How One Man's Faith and Fastball Forever Changed Baseball, Bob Gaines delivers a close and personal look at the extraordinary life and soul of a gifted man living in a unique time. Including timeless images, this book brings to life Mathewson's amazing career, faultless character, and unwavering faith.

This is the first full-length biography of Kid Nichols (1869-1953), who won 30 or more games a record seven times and was the youngest pitcher to reach 300 career victories. The book includes previously unpublished photos from his descendants' archives, many more than a century old.

Described as "the Greatest Batsman in the Country" by sportswriters of his era, Dennis "Big Dan" Brouthers compiled a .342 batting average, tying with Babe Ruth for ninth place all-time, and slugged 205 triples, eighth all time, in 16 major league seasons. He won five batting and on-base percentage titles, and seven slugging titles, and was the first player to win batting and slugging crowns in successive years. Although he ranked fourth among nineteenth-century home run hitters, many fair balls he hit into the stands or over the fence were counted only as doubles or triples due to local ground rules. Brouthers was extremely difficult to strike out--in 1889, for example, he did so just six times in 565 plate appearances. He was the first player to be walked intentionally on a regular basis. This comprehensive biography of Dan Brouthers examines his life and career from his youth as an apprentice in a print and dye factory to his final years as an attendant at the Polo Grounds. It corrects numerous errors that have crept into earlier accounts of his life, and clarifies his position as one of the greatest hitters ever to play the game.

The great American story of three brothers?Joltin' Joe, Dom, and Vince Dimaggio?and the great American game, baseball, that would consume their livesMore than three hundred fifty sets of brothers have played in the major leagues since the 1870s. But few have had the skill, the charisma, or the success of the DiMaggio brothers. In The DiMaggios, journalist Tom Clavin draws on a wealth of source materials, interviews with family members and teammates, and in-depth reporting to reveal how three kids from an immigrant family of eleven found their way to the upper echelons of American sports and popular culture. A vivid portrait of a family and the ways in which their shifting fortunes and status shaped their relationships, it is also a transporting exploration of an era and a culture, using our national pastime, baseball, as a lens to view and understand American society in the twentieth century.

The inspiring story of one woman's journey of healing and transformation.

Bob Zuppke was head football coach at the University of Illinois from 1912 to 1941, a period that saw two world wars, a major economic depression, and the role of sports, as major intercollegiate competitions became primary public relations events for the most competitive universities. This book presents his biography.

"The man revealed in these pages seems to embody so much of what Americans claim to admire - self-reliance, honesty, humor, modesty, intelligence - the stuff of heroes." - The New York Times Book Review

A controversial autobiography by one of rugby league's most famous players - Barrie McDermott

The story behind one of the greatest British sportsmen of all time.

For many fans in the 1940s and 1950s, it wasn't the exploits of major leagues that made baseball so popular. It was the local minor league heroes--often lacking the talent or luck to make it to the majors--who dominated their thoughts of baseball. One of these players was Eddie Neville. A gutsy, left-handed pitcher from the sandlots of Baltimore, Neville made his mark on the minor league towns he played in, particularly Durham, North Carolina, where he is still the winningest pitcher in the history of the Durham Bulls. His story is one of Class D pennant races and winters spent in the Canal Zone of Panama, all the time chasing the elusive dream to play in the big leagues. Blended in are looks at minor league personalities such as ""Muscle"" Shoals and ""Turkey"" Tyson and future major leaguers such as Tom Lasorda and Dick Groat.

Buck Ewing (1859-1906) was regarded by contemporaries as the greatest catcher and all-around player of his era, though he is virtually forgotten today. This revealing biography provides a detailed exploration of Ewing's life and career, shedding new light on one of baseball's most talented and versatile players.

Coach Emory Bellard spent a remarkable 43-year football coaching career at both the high school and college level, where he helped teams win 12 district championships, five regional titles, and three state championships in 21 seasons. Bellard collaborated with veteran sports writer Al Pickett, to tell the remarkable story of his career for the first time.

This book, the second of three volumes, is the story of Harvey Dorfman, who rose from a childhood sickbed to experience a numerous successes in the world of sports. Dorfman has been a teacher, coach, counselor, and a consultant in sport psychology.

Burleigh Grimes--forever to be remembered as the ill-tempered spitballer with the perpetual five o''clock shadow. For nearly two decades, he brought his surly disposition to the pitcher''s mound. His life-or-death mentality resulted in a reputation as one of the game''s great competitors and a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Along the way he suited up for eight different ball clubs and played alongside a record 36 Hall of Famers. Grimes spent more than half a century in professional baseball as a player, manager, coach and scout. This biography covers all aspects of his life, from his childhood in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, to his twilight years in that same town. In between are World Series highs and lows, brawls, five marriages, a near-death experience and 270 major league victories.

Baseball was a rough sport in the 19th century and no one played the game with more vigor than Hall of Famers Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, dubbed ""The Heavenly Twins."" This book details their professional history playing for Boston Beaneaters teams and personal experiences with baseball, faith, and legendary Boston baseball scribe Tim Murnane.

Packed with informative insights from within the game of baseball, this title covers 42 years of Lou Gorman's professional baseball career. It captures Gorman's experiences with five different teams and innumerable baseball figures and provides inside look into the game of baseball.

Sam Rice's career included 2,987 base hits, 13 hits short of one of baseball's most hallowed milestones; he played on three American league pennant winning teams; made one of baseball's most famous catches; and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1963.

Nothing evokes the glory days of Negro Leagues baseball like the name of star pitcher Satchel Paige. This collection of essays and papers based on the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference focuses on Paige and on the Kansas City Monarchs, the team he led to the Negro Leagues World Series in 1942 and 1946.

For 39 seasons at four schools, Dr Edward N Anderson spent autumn afternoons roaming the sidelines of college and university gridirons across America. This biography catalogues the life of that ""good doctor"" who became dean of America's college football coaches and was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame for lasting influence.