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Title

Grasping the ring : nine unique winners in life and sports / by Gene A. Budig ; with foreword by Bob Costas.

Author

Budig, Gene A.

Publication

Champaign, IL : The News-Gazette, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Costas, Bob, 1952-

Description

ix, 97 p. : ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Professor Gene A. Budig provides telling insights about a series of exceptional people; individuals who have been driven to lead and to excel on the national stage" (back cover).

Subject

• Dole, Robert J
• Sayers, Gale
• Williams, Roy
• Osborne, Tom
• Steinbrenner, George M
• Steinbrenner, George M. 1930-2010
• Doby, Larry
• Osborne, Tom, 1937-
• Williams, Roy, 1950-
• Sayers, Gale, 1943-2020
• Reinsdorf, Jerry
• Kerrey, Robert, 1943-
• Neuharth, Allen
• Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021
• Doby, Larry
• Neuharth, Allen
• Steinbrenner, George M. 1930-
• Sayers, Gale, 1943-
• Dole, Robert J., 1923-
• Politics
• Sports
• Famous Persons
• Kerrey, Robert
• Sports > United States > Biography
• Politicians > United States > Biography
• Journalists > United States > Biography
• United States
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biography.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [101])

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A Yankee doodle dandy (George Steinbrenner) -- An American original (Larry Doby) -- Perhaps the greatest (Tom Osborne) -- A winning choice (Roy Williams) -- A meteor for the ages (Gale Sayers) -- Living a dream (Jerry Reinsdorf) -- An uncommon man (Robert Kerrey) -- The big score (Allen Neuharth) -- Country comes first (Robert J. Dole) -- Parting thoughts.

ISBN

• 9780979842030
• 0979842034

OCLC

• 239671202
• SCSB-11029874

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library