Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports

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The sixth volume of the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, this supplement provides biographies for 616 athletes, coaches, managers, officials, administrators, writers, and broadcasters who have played an active role in American sports or helped to promote them. Most of the entries are from team sports, including baseball (202), football (181), and basketball (58). Some entries treat individual sports, including track and field (29), golf (14), and tennis and other racquet sports (16). Other sports covered include ice hockey, horse racing, boxing, swimming, bowling, skating, shooting, wrestling, skiing, and cycling. Thirty women athletes are included.

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A thorough-going guide to the subject...Recommended.-Reference Book Review
The set remains a standard source of first referral for sketches of athletes from the US and is an obvious selection for libraries holding the earlier volumes.-Choice
"A thorough-going guide to the subject...Recommended."-Reference Book Review
"The set remains a standard source of first referral for sketches of athletes from the US and is an obvious selection for libraries holding the earlier volumes."-Choice

Author Bio

DAVID L. PORTER is Louis Tuttle Shangle Professor of History at William Penn College./e He is the editor of the multivolume Biographical Dictionary of American Sports, the author of several books, and an associate editor of American National Biography.