Martin Gitlin
The 100 Greatest American Athletes
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The 100 Greatest American Athletes
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In this book, Martin Gitlin has ranked the 100 greatest American athletes across all sports, from football and baseball to the decathlon and skateboarding. Taken into consideration are the athletesâ achievements, mental toughness, versatility, athleticism, and overall impact on their sport.
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In this book, Martin Gitlin has ranked the 100 greatest American athletes across all sports, from football and baseball to the decathlon and skateboarding. Taken into consideration are the athletesâ achievements, mental toughness, versatility, athleticism, and overall impact on their sport.
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Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 748g
- ISBN-13: 9781538110263
- ISBN-10: 1538110261
- Artikelnr.: 52425937
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 748g
- ISBN-13: 9781538110263
- ISBN-10: 1538110261
- Artikelnr.: 52425937
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).
Introduction 1: Jim Thorpe: The Sports Conqueror 2: Michael Jordan: His
Airness 3: Bob Mathias: The Manchild 4: Jim Brown: The Indestructible 5:
Michael Phelps: The Baltimore Bullet 6: Deion Sanders: Prime Time 7: LeBron
James: The Chosen One 8: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Magnificent Heptathlete 9:
Rafer Johnson: Renaissance Man 10: Muhammad Ali: The Louisville Lip 11:
Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid 12: Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat 13: Ashton
Eaton: Wheels 14: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Master of All 15: Wilt
Chamberlain: Wilt the Stilt 16: Jackie Robinson: The Barrier Breaker 17:
Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal 18: Bo Jackson: The Freakish Talent 19:
Jesse Owens: To Hell with Hitler 20: Henry Aaron: Hammerin' Hank 21: Tom
Brady: Tom Terrific 22: Lawrence Taylor: L.T. 23: Carl Lewis: King Carl 24:
Reggie White: The Minister of Defense 25: Bruce Jenner: Bruiser 26: Ray
Robinson: Sugar 27: Don Hutson: The Alabama Antelope 28: Bob Hayes: Bullet
Bob 29: Bill Russell: Mr. 11 Rings 30: Deacon Jones: The Secretary of
Defense 31: Sandy Koufax: The Left Arm of God 32: Mickey Mantle: The Mick
33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Big 'A' 34: Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse 35:
Emlen Tunnell: Offense on Defense 36: Jerry West: Zeke from Cabin Creek 37:
Anthony Munoz: The Great Protector 38: Oscar Charleston: The Black Ty Cobb
39: Earvin Johnson: Magic 40: Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber 41: Kobe Bryant:
The Black Mamba 42: Serena Williams: Momma Smash 43: Honus Wagner: The
Flying Dutchman 44: Julius Erving: Dr. J 45: Gale Sayers: The Kansas Comet
46: Mary Wambach: Abby 47: Jerry Rice: Flash 80 48: Pete Sampras: Pistol
Pete 49: Eric Heiden: The Record Breaker 50: Shaun White: The Flying Tomato
51: Simone Biles: Simoney 52: Stan Musial: Stan the Man 53: Willie Pep:
Will 'o the Wisp 54: Walter Payton: Sweetness 55: Althea Gibson: The
Tenacious One 56: Henry Armstrong: Homicide Hank 57: Joe Montana: Joe Cool
58: Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet 59: Dick Butkus: The Maestro
of Mayhem 60: Tracy Caulkins: The Medley Sensation 61: Michael Johnson: The
Duck 62: Bob Beamon: Leap of a Lifetime 63: Oscar Robertson: The Big O 64:
Mike Schmidt: Iron Mike 65: Larry Bird: The Hick from French Lick 66:
Lindsey Vonn: Kildon 67: Karl Malone: The Mailman 68: Mike Trout: The
Millville Meteor 69: Cheryl Miller: Big Sister 70: Mark Spitz: Mark the
Shark 71: Tony Hawk: The Bird Man 72: Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper 73:
Peggy Fleming: The Steel-Nerved Skater from San Jose 74: Walter Johnson:
The Big Train 75: Barry Sanders: The Little Fella 76: Ty Cobb: The Georgia
Peach 77: Bonnie Blair: The Blue 78: Secretariat: Big Red 79: Rocky
Marciano: The Brockton Blockbuster 80: Red Grange: The Galloping Ghost 81:
Chris Chelios: The Godfather of USA Hockey 82: Chris Evert: The Ice Maiden
83: Al Oerter: He-Man Heave Man 84: Mary T. Meagher: Madame Butterfly 85:
Lisa Leslie: Smooth 86: O.J. Simpson: The Juice 87: Billie Jean King: The
Male Chauvinist Pig Tamer 88: Wilma Rudolph: The Tornado 89: Kelly Slater:
King Kelly 90: Johnny Unitas: The Golden Arm 91: Ted Williams: The Splendid
Splinter 92: Greg Louganis: Dynamite Diver 93: Josh Gibson: The Legend 94:
Edwin Moses: The Bionic Man 95: Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear 96: Rogers
Hornsby: The Rajah 97: Florence Griffith Joyner: FloJo 98: Gabby Douglas:
The Flying Squirrel 99: Lynette Woodard: The Globetrotter 100: Eldrick
Woods: Tiger Index About the Author
Airness 3: Bob Mathias: The Manchild 4: Jim Brown: The Indestructible 5:
Michael Phelps: The Baltimore Bullet 6: Deion Sanders: Prime Time 7: LeBron
James: The Chosen One 8: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Magnificent Heptathlete 9:
Rafer Johnson: Renaissance Man 10: Muhammad Ali: The Louisville Lip 11:
Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid 12: Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat 13: Ashton
Eaton: Wheels 14: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Master of All 15: Wilt
Chamberlain: Wilt the Stilt 16: Jackie Robinson: The Barrier Breaker 17:
Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal 18: Bo Jackson: The Freakish Talent 19:
Jesse Owens: To Hell with Hitler 20: Henry Aaron: Hammerin' Hank 21: Tom
Brady: Tom Terrific 22: Lawrence Taylor: L.T. 23: Carl Lewis: King Carl 24:
Reggie White: The Minister of Defense 25: Bruce Jenner: Bruiser 26: Ray
Robinson: Sugar 27: Don Hutson: The Alabama Antelope 28: Bob Hayes: Bullet
Bob 29: Bill Russell: Mr. 11 Rings 30: Deacon Jones: The Secretary of
Defense 31: Sandy Koufax: The Left Arm of God 32: Mickey Mantle: The Mick
33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Big 'A' 34: Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse 35:
Emlen Tunnell: Offense on Defense 36: Jerry West: Zeke from Cabin Creek 37:
Anthony Munoz: The Great Protector 38: Oscar Charleston: The Black Ty Cobb
39: Earvin Johnson: Magic 40: Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber 41: Kobe Bryant:
The Black Mamba 42: Serena Williams: Momma Smash 43: Honus Wagner: The
Flying Dutchman 44: Julius Erving: Dr. J 45: Gale Sayers: The Kansas Comet
46: Mary Wambach: Abby 47: Jerry Rice: Flash 80 48: Pete Sampras: Pistol
Pete 49: Eric Heiden: The Record Breaker 50: Shaun White: The Flying Tomato
51: Simone Biles: Simoney 52: Stan Musial: Stan the Man 53: Willie Pep:
Will 'o the Wisp 54: Walter Payton: Sweetness 55: Althea Gibson: The
Tenacious One 56: Henry Armstrong: Homicide Hank 57: Joe Montana: Joe Cool
58: Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet 59: Dick Butkus: The Maestro
of Mayhem 60: Tracy Caulkins: The Medley Sensation 61: Michael Johnson: The
Duck 62: Bob Beamon: Leap of a Lifetime 63: Oscar Robertson: The Big O 64:
Mike Schmidt: Iron Mike 65: Larry Bird: The Hick from French Lick 66:
Lindsey Vonn: Kildon 67: Karl Malone: The Mailman 68: Mike Trout: The
Millville Meteor 69: Cheryl Miller: Big Sister 70: Mark Spitz: Mark the
Shark 71: Tony Hawk: The Bird Man 72: Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper 73:
Peggy Fleming: The Steel-Nerved Skater from San Jose 74: Walter Johnson:
The Big Train 75: Barry Sanders: The Little Fella 76: Ty Cobb: The Georgia
Peach 77: Bonnie Blair: The Blue 78: Secretariat: Big Red 79: Rocky
Marciano: The Brockton Blockbuster 80: Red Grange: The Galloping Ghost 81:
Chris Chelios: The Godfather of USA Hockey 82: Chris Evert: The Ice Maiden
83: Al Oerter: He-Man Heave Man 84: Mary T. Meagher: Madame Butterfly 85:
Lisa Leslie: Smooth 86: O.J. Simpson: The Juice 87: Billie Jean King: The
Male Chauvinist Pig Tamer 88: Wilma Rudolph: The Tornado 89: Kelly Slater:
King Kelly 90: Johnny Unitas: The Golden Arm 91: Ted Williams: The Splendid
Splinter 92: Greg Louganis: Dynamite Diver 93: Josh Gibson: The Legend 94:
Edwin Moses: The Bionic Man 95: Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear 96: Rogers
Hornsby: The Rajah 97: Florence Griffith Joyner: FloJo 98: Gabby Douglas:
The Flying Squirrel 99: Lynette Woodard: The Globetrotter 100: Eldrick
Woods: Tiger Index About the Author
Introduction 1: Jim Thorpe: The Sports Conqueror 2: Michael Jordan: His
Airness 3: Bob Mathias: The Manchild 4: Jim Brown: The Indestructible 5:
Michael Phelps: The Baltimore Bullet 6: Deion Sanders: Prime Time 7: LeBron
James: The Chosen One 8: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Magnificent Heptathlete 9:
Rafer Johnson: Renaissance Man 10: Muhammad Ali: The Louisville Lip 11:
Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid 12: Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat 13: Ashton
Eaton: Wheels 14: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Master of All 15: Wilt
Chamberlain: Wilt the Stilt 16: Jackie Robinson: The Barrier Breaker 17:
Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal 18: Bo Jackson: The Freakish Talent 19:
Jesse Owens: To Hell with Hitler 20: Henry Aaron: Hammerin' Hank 21: Tom
Brady: Tom Terrific 22: Lawrence Taylor: L.T. 23: Carl Lewis: King Carl 24:
Reggie White: The Minister of Defense 25: Bruce Jenner: Bruiser 26: Ray
Robinson: Sugar 27: Don Hutson: The Alabama Antelope 28: Bob Hayes: Bullet
Bob 29: Bill Russell: Mr. 11 Rings 30: Deacon Jones: The Secretary of
Defense 31: Sandy Koufax: The Left Arm of God 32: Mickey Mantle: The Mick
33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Big 'A' 34: Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse 35:
Emlen Tunnell: Offense on Defense 36: Jerry West: Zeke from Cabin Creek 37:
Anthony Munoz: The Great Protector 38: Oscar Charleston: The Black Ty Cobb
39: Earvin Johnson: Magic 40: Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber 41: Kobe Bryant:
The Black Mamba 42: Serena Williams: Momma Smash 43: Honus Wagner: The
Flying Dutchman 44: Julius Erving: Dr. J 45: Gale Sayers: The Kansas Comet
46: Mary Wambach: Abby 47: Jerry Rice: Flash 80 48: Pete Sampras: Pistol
Pete 49: Eric Heiden: The Record Breaker 50: Shaun White: The Flying Tomato
51: Simone Biles: Simoney 52: Stan Musial: Stan the Man 53: Willie Pep:
Will 'o the Wisp 54: Walter Payton: Sweetness 55: Althea Gibson: The
Tenacious One 56: Henry Armstrong: Homicide Hank 57: Joe Montana: Joe Cool
58: Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet 59: Dick Butkus: The Maestro
of Mayhem 60: Tracy Caulkins: The Medley Sensation 61: Michael Johnson: The
Duck 62: Bob Beamon: Leap of a Lifetime 63: Oscar Robertson: The Big O 64:
Mike Schmidt: Iron Mike 65: Larry Bird: The Hick from French Lick 66:
Lindsey Vonn: Kildon 67: Karl Malone: The Mailman 68: Mike Trout: The
Millville Meteor 69: Cheryl Miller: Big Sister 70: Mark Spitz: Mark the
Shark 71: Tony Hawk: The Bird Man 72: Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper 73:
Peggy Fleming: The Steel-Nerved Skater from San Jose 74: Walter Johnson:
The Big Train 75: Barry Sanders: The Little Fella 76: Ty Cobb: The Georgia
Peach 77: Bonnie Blair: The Blue 78: Secretariat: Big Red 79: Rocky
Marciano: The Brockton Blockbuster 80: Red Grange: The Galloping Ghost 81:
Chris Chelios: The Godfather of USA Hockey 82: Chris Evert: The Ice Maiden
83: Al Oerter: He-Man Heave Man 84: Mary T. Meagher: Madame Butterfly 85:
Lisa Leslie: Smooth 86: O.J. Simpson: The Juice 87: Billie Jean King: The
Male Chauvinist Pig Tamer 88: Wilma Rudolph: The Tornado 89: Kelly Slater:
King Kelly 90: Johnny Unitas: The Golden Arm 91: Ted Williams: The Splendid
Splinter 92: Greg Louganis: Dynamite Diver 93: Josh Gibson: The Legend 94:
Edwin Moses: The Bionic Man 95: Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear 96: Rogers
Hornsby: The Rajah 97: Florence Griffith Joyner: FloJo 98: Gabby Douglas:
The Flying Squirrel 99: Lynette Woodard: The Globetrotter 100: Eldrick
Woods: Tiger Index About the Author
Airness 3: Bob Mathias: The Manchild 4: Jim Brown: The Indestructible 5:
Michael Phelps: The Baltimore Bullet 6: Deion Sanders: Prime Time 7: LeBron
James: The Chosen One 8: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Magnificent Heptathlete 9:
Rafer Johnson: Renaissance Man 10: Muhammad Ali: The Louisville Lip 11:
Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid 12: Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Swat 13: Ashton
Eaton: Wheels 14: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Master of All 15: Wilt
Chamberlain: Wilt the Stilt 16: Jackie Robinson: The Barrier Breaker 17:
Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal 18: Bo Jackson: The Freakish Talent 19:
Jesse Owens: To Hell with Hitler 20: Henry Aaron: Hammerin' Hank 21: Tom
Brady: Tom Terrific 22: Lawrence Taylor: L.T. 23: Carl Lewis: King Carl 24:
Reggie White: The Minister of Defense 25: Bruce Jenner: Bruiser 26: Ray
Robinson: Sugar 27: Don Hutson: The Alabama Antelope 28: Bob Hayes: Bullet
Bob 29: Bill Russell: Mr. 11 Rings 30: Deacon Jones: The Secretary of
Defense 31: Sandy Koufax: The Left Arm of God 32: Mickey Mantle: The Mick
33: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Big 'A' 34: Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse 35:
Emlen Tunnell: Offense on Defense 36: Jerry West: Zeke from Cabin Creek 37:
Anthony Munoz: The Great Protector 38: Oscar Charleston: The Black Ty Cobb
39: Earvin Johnson: Magic 40: Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber 41: Kobe Bryant:
The Black Mamba 42: Serena Williams: Momma Smash 43: Honus Wagner: The
Flying Dutchman 44: Julius Erving: Dr. J 45: Gale Sayers: The Kansas Comet
46: Mary Wambach: Abby 47: Jerry Rice: Flash 80 48: Pete Sampras: Pistol
Pete 49: Eric Heiden: The Record Breaker 50: Shaun White: The Flying Tomato
51: Simone Biles: Simoney 52: Stan Musial: Stan the Man 53: Willie Pep:
Will 'o the Wisp 54: Walter Payton: Sweetness 55: Althea Gibson: The
Tenacious One 56: Henry Armstrong: Homicide Hank 57: Joe Montana: Joe Cool
58: Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet 59: Dick Butkus: The Maestro
of Mayhem 60: Tracy Caulkins: The Medley Sensation 61: Michael Johnson: The
Duck 62: Bob Beamon: Leap of a Lifetime 63: Oscar Robertson: The Big O 64:
Mike Schmidt: Iron Mike 65: Larry Bird: The Hick from French Lick 66:
Lindsey Vonn: Kildon 67: Karl Malone: The Mailman 68: Mike Trout: The
Millville Meteor 69: Cheryl Miller: Big Sister 70: Mark Spitz: Mark the
Shark 71: Tony Hawk: The Bird Man 72: Joe DiMaggio: The Yankee Clipper 73:
Peggy Fleming: The Steel-Nerved Skater from San Jose 74: Walter Johnson:
The Big Train 75: Barry Sanders: The Little Fella 76: Ty Cobb: The Georgia
Peach 77: Bonnie Blair: The Blue 78: Secretariat: Big Red 79: Rocky
Marciano: The Brockton Blockbuster 80: Red Grange: The Galloping Ghost 81:
Chris Chelios: The Godfather of USA Hockey 82: Chris Evert: The Ice Maiden
83: Al Oerter: He-Man Heave Man 84: Mary T. Meagher: Madame Butterfly 85:
Lisa Leslie: Smooth 86: O.J. Simpson: The Juice 87: Billie Jean King: The
Male Chauvinist Pig Tamer 88: Wilma Rudolph: The Tornado 89: Kelly Slater:
King Kelly 90: Johnny Unitas: The Golden Arm 91: Ted Williams: The Splendid
Splinter 92: Greg Louganis: Dynamite Diver 93: Josh Gibson: The Legend 94:
Edwin Moses: The Bionic Man 95: Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear 96: Rogers
Hornsby: The Rajah 97: Florence Griffith Joyner: FloJo 98: Gabby Douglas:
The Flying Squirrel 99: Lynette Woodard: The Globetrotter 100: Eldrick
Woods: Tiger Index About the Author