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From Brooklyn to the Olympics : the Hall of Fame Career of Auburn University track coach Mel Rosen
- Title
- From Brooklyn to the Olympics : the Hall of Fame Career of Auburn University track coach Mel Rosen / Craig Darch ; foreword by Harvey Glance.
- Author
- Darch, Craig
- Publication
- Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV697.R626 D33 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Glance, Harvey
- Description
- xiv, 191 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book follows Mel Rosen's life from the streets of Brooklyn during the 1930s and 1940s to his selection as head coach of the United States track-and-field team for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. The story describes how a Jewish kid from Brighton Beach, New York, followed his dream to become the head track-and-field coach at Auburn University for 28 years. Rosen's achievements there were extraordinary. He coached seven Olympians and 143 All-Americans and guided Auburn's track-and-field team to four consecutive Southeastern Conference indoor championships. The pinnacle of his career was coaching U.S. Olympians to a record 20 medals in Barcelona. As a result of his impressive achievements, Rosen was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (1993), the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame (1995), and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1994). Auburn University honored him in 2006 by naming its new track the Hutsell-Rosen Track.
- Subject
- Rosen, Mel, 1928-2018
- Rosen, Mel, 1928-2018
- Auburn University > Track and field > History
- Auburn University
- Auburn University > Track and field > History
- Track and field coaches > United States > Biography
- Track and field
- Track and field coaches
- Track and field coaches > United States > Biography
- Jews > New York (State) > Biography
- Jews > Sports > United States > Biography
- United States
- Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1.The Promise Fulfilled -- 2.No Looking Back -- 3.A Plan of His Own -- 4.One Track Mind -- 5.Race to the Bottom -- 6.The Burden of Auburn History -- 7.The Fabulous Five -- 8.Not Quite Enough -- 9.Dreams Come True.
- ISBN
- 9781588383051
- 1588383059
- 9781603063463 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013045899
- 40023934495
- OCLC
- ocn864366316
- 864366316
- SCSB-1819192
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library