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  • Warren Giles
    Don Doxsie
    When Warren Giles first became involved in organized baseball, there were 16 major league teams, none of them located west or south of St. Louis. All of the players were white. All of the games were played in the daytime. None of them were broadcast over any medium. During Giles’ 50 years in baseball (1920-1970), everything changed radically. Not just a bystander to all those a...
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    57,24 €

  • Tri-City Blackhawks
    Don Doxsie
    Professional basketball in the 1940s bore little resemblance to the modern-day NBA. The arenas were smaller. The players generally were shorter. Almost all of them were white. A majority of the travel was by car, bus or train. Most players had two hands on the ball when they shot and almost none of them jumped when they did so. There were almost no slam dunks. Many of the fr...
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    57,34 €

  • Elmer Layden
    Don Doxsie
    Elmer Layden isn’t a name that rings many bells with most modern-day football fans, but he had a three-tiered career in the sport that continues to have an impact more than a century after it began.As a player, Layden was a member of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, perhaps the most famous backfield in football history. As a coach, he excelled at Columbia (now Loras) College, D...
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    18,12 €

  • 'How Tall Are You?'
    Don Doxsie
    Most people believe that being extremely tall would be fantastic. It isn’t. It has its advantages, but it also has nearly as many disadvantages. It can be useful in basketball, business, and politics, and when friends are trying to find you in a crowded place. However. it’s also inconvenient, expensive, sometimes harmful to one’s health, and a little tedious to be bombarded ...
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    28,90 €

  • Iowa Baseball Greats
    Don Doxsie
    In the world of sports, Iowa is probably best known for wrestling but the state has also produced more than 200 major league baseball players. Sixteen of them are profiled here, including six Hall of Famers, the game’s brightest star of the 19th century, an American League batting champion, the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts seven years in a row, the ...
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    42,79 €

  • Iron Man McGinnity
    Don Doxsie
    This biography traces the hard life and colorful career of 'Iron Man' McGinnity from his childhood working the coalfields of Illinois to his death in 1929. McGinnity may have been the most durable hurler in the history of the sport, often pitching both games of a doubleheader. He averaged more wins per season in his 10-year major league career than any pitcher in history, an...
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    42,86 €