Randy L. Swope

Leo Houck

A Biography of Boxing's Uncrowned Middleweight Champion

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Produktbeschreibung

Readers searching for an authentic American success story will appreciate this biography about Leo F. Houck, a premier middleweight boxer of the early 1900s, Penn State boxing coach, and devoted family man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781476675343
• ISBN-10: 1476675341
• Artikelnr.: 52963041

Autorenporträt

Randy L. Swope writes biographies of eminent and honorable Pennsylvanians who have "set the bar" in their chosen professions and personal lives. He lives in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Foreword by Edward B. Hauck Preface Part I.
The Early Years
1.
Growing Up in Cabbage-Hill
2.
Turning Professional at Fourteen Part II.
The Boxing Years
3.
Winning at Home, 1905-1906-1907
4.
Lightweight Champion of Lancaster County, 1908-1909
5.
From Lightweight to Middleweight in Twenty-Eight Bouts, 1910
6.
"Vive la Leo," 1911
7.
Top of the Heap, 1912-1913
8.
Baseball, the Blahs and Catchweight Battles, 1914-1915-1916
9.
Light Heavyweight Sensation, 1917-1918 10.
Greb and Gibbons Give Leo Fits, 1919 11.
Grandpa Draws with Tunney, 1920 12.
Leo and Jack Dempsey, 1921 13.
"Triunfo en Cuba," 1922 Part III.
The Penn State Years 14.
Penn State's First Legendary Coach 15.
Leo and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission Appendix: Leo F. Hauck's Professional Fight Record Chapter Notes Bibliography Index of Persons