Research Catalog

Title

From playing field to battlefield : great athletes who served in World War II / Rob Newell.

Author

Newell, Rob, 1963-

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2006.

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Details

Description

x, 165 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Biography
• Professional athletes > United States > Biography
• United States > Armed Forces > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The man in the hat / Tom Landry -- The perfectionist / Ted Williams -- Dr. Jack / Jack Ramsay -- Thanks to the kindness of strangers / Bob Chappuis -- Still serving others / Jerry Coleman -- The pioneer's champion / Bill Tosheff -- He could have been president / Nile Kinnick -- A legend and a patriot / Bob Feller -- The quiet revolutiionary / Hank Luisetti -- A Texas hero / Jack Lummus -- Determination and grace / Monte Irvin -- A lesson in perserverance / Bert Shepard -- Just a kid from the neighborhood / Art Donovan -- A will to live / Mario Tonelli -- Forever changed / Cecil Travis, Lou Brissie, and Lefty Brewer -- Epilogue: the throwback / Pat Tillman.

ISBN

1591146208 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005037959

OCLC

• 62782219
• SCSB-11405255

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library