100 Greatest American Athletes (eBook)
398 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1027-0 (ISBN)
From Babe Ruth to Michael Phelps, Billie Jean King to Tony Hawk, American athletes have been a source of pride and accomplishment throughout the nation's history. While there have been plenty of athlete biographies, sports profiles, and behind-the scenes looks at various professional sports, no book has attempted to rank the greatest American athletes of all time. Until now.In The100 Greatest American Athletes, Martin Gitlin ranks the best of the best using a point system to assess each individual's achievements, versatility, and athleticism, as well as the physical requirements of the sport or sports in which they participated. The final tally of these points provides the ranking for each athlete in the book, which is sure to spark lively conversation. Some of the most iconic names in sports history can be found here, including Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Larry Byrd, LeBron James, Mickey Mantle, Joe Montana, Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, Tiger Woods, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.It can be difficult to compare bobsledders to boxers, figure-skaters to football players, shot-putters to skiers. This book, however, attempts to do just that in an accurate, fair manner that honors those who made valuable contributions to American sports and culture. Sports fans will undoubtedly enjoy debating the ranking of these remarkable individuals, making The100 Greatest American Athletes a must read.
Martin Gitlin is a freelance writer and the author of more than 100 books on popular culture and sports. He has won many awards for his writing, including first place for General Excellence in Journalism from the Associated Press. His most recent books include The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time (2013), The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time (2014), and Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History (2017).
Introduction1: Jim Thorpe: The Sports Conqueror2: Michael Jordan: His Airness3: Bob Mathias: The Manchild4: Jim Brown: The Indestructible5: Michael Phelps: The Baltimore Bullet6: Deion Sanders: Prime Time7: LeBron James: The Chosen One8: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Magnificent Heptathlete9: Rafer Johnson: Renaissance Man10: Muhammad Ali: The Louisville Lip11: Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid12: Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat13: Ashton Eaton: Wheels14: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Master of All15: Wilt Chamberlain: Wilt the Stilt16: Jackie Robinson: The Barrier Breaker17: Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal18: Bo Jackson: The Freakish Talent19: Jesse Owens: To Hell with Hitler20: Henry Aaron: Hammerin’ Hank21: Tom Brady: Tom Terrific22: Lawrence Taylor: L.T.23: Carl Lewis: King Carl24: Reggie White: The Minister of Defense25: Bruce Jenner: Bruiser26: Ray Robinson: Sugar27: Don Hutson: The Alabama Antelope28: Bob Hayes: Bullet Bob29: Bill Russell: Mr. 11 Rings30: Deacon Jones: The Secretary of Defense31: Sandy Koufax: The Left Arm of God32: Mickey Mantle: The Mick33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Big ‘A’34: Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse35: Emlen Tunnell: Offense on Defense36: Jerry West: Zeke from Cabin Creek37: Anthony Munoz: The Great Protector38: Oscar Charleston: The Black Ty Cobb39: Earvin Johnson: Magic40: Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber41: Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba42: Serena Williams: Momma Smash43: Honus Wagner: The Flying Dutchman44: Julius Erving: Dr. J45: Gale Sayers: The Kansas Comet46: Mary Wambach: Abby47: Jerry Rice: Flash 8048: Pete Sampras: Pistol Pete49: Eric Heiden: The Record Breaker50: Shaun White: The Flying Tomato51: Simone Biles: Simoney52: Stan Musial: Stan the Man53: Willie Pep: Will ‘o the Wisp54: Walter Payton: Sweetness55: Althea Gibson: The Tenacious One56: Henry Armstrong: Homicide Hank57: Joe Montana: Joe Cool58: Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet59: Dick Butkus: The Maestro of Mayhem60: Tracy Caulkins: The Medley Sensation61: Michael Johnson: The Duck62: Bob Beamon: Leap of a Lifetime63: Oscar Robertson: The Big O64: Mike Schmidt: Iron Mike65: Larry Bird: The Hick from French Lick66: Lindsey Vonn: Kildon67: Karl Malone: The Mailman68: Mike Trout: The Millville Meteor69: Cheryl Miller: Big Sister70: Mark Spitz: Mark the Shark71: Tony Hawk: The Bird Man72: Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper73: Peggy Fleming: The Steel-Nerved Skater from San Jose74: Walter Johnson: The Big Train75: Barry Sanders: The Little Fella76: Ty Cobb: The Georgia Peach77: Bonnie Blair: The Blue78: Secretariat: Big Red79: Rocky Marciano: The Brockton Blockbuster80: Red Grange: The Galloping Ghost81: Chris Chelios: The Godfather of USA Hockey82: Chris Evert: The Ice Maiden83: Al Oerter: He-Man Heave Man84: Mary T. Meagher: Madame Butterfly85: Lisa Leslie: Smooth86: O.J. Simpson: The Juice87: Billie Jean King: The Male Chauvinist Pig Tamer88: Wilma Rudolph: The Tornado89: Kelly Slater: King Kelly90: Johnny Unitas: The Golden Arm91: Ted Williams: The Splendid Splinter92: Greg Louganis: Dynamite Diver93: Josh Gibson: The Legend94: Edwin Moses: The Bionic Man95: Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear96: Rogers Hornsby: The Rajah97: Florence Griffith Joyner: FloJo98: Gabby Douglas: The Flying Squirrel99: Lynette Woodard: The Globetrotter100: Eldrick Woods: TigerIndexAbout the Author
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.10.2018 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 136 Illustrations including: - 36 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 100 Text Boxes. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Schlagworte | Athletes • Babe Ruth • baseball players • basketball players • Bruce Jenner • football players • greatest athletes • Jackie Robinson • Jesse Owens • jim thorpe • kobe bryant • lebron james • Michael Jordan • Michael Phelps • Mike Tyson • Muhammad Ali • o.j. simpson • Rankings • Secretariat • Serena Williams • skiers • sports books • tennis players • Tom Brady |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-1027-X / 153811027X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-1027-0 / 9781538110270 |
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