Elgin Baylor (eBook)

The Man Who Changed Basketball

Bijan C. Bayne (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
292 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4571-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the biography of NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor, an innovator in his sport, a civil rights trailblazer, and a superstar. It is the story of how a kid from the streets of segregated Washington, DC, who didn’t attend college until he was over twenty, revolutionized basketball.

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NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor was an innovator in his sport, a civil rights trailblazer, and a true superstar. He influenced future NBA All Stars such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and is considered by many to be one of the most important players in NBA history. A prolific scorer who baffled opponents with his twists and turns and inventive moves, Baylor was a force both on and off the court for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers. In Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball, Bijan C. Bayne tells the story of how a kid from the streets of segregated Washington, DC, who didn't attend college until he was over twenty, revolutionized basketball and stood up for his rights. In a time when few nationally prominent black athletes spoke out about racial inequality in the United States, Baylor refused to tolerate discrimination. On the court, with his balletic moves and urban style of play, Elgin Baylor lifted the game of basketball off the floor and into the air. Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball includes personal reflections from Baylor's old schoolyard companions, former teammates, players he coached in the NBA, and noted sports journalists, bringing to life his childhood, college career, and professional life with intimate detail. Basketball fans, historians, and those interested in the impact of sports on the Civil Rights Movement will all find this first-ever biography of Elgin Baylor both fascinating and inspirational.

Autor

Bijan C. Bayne is an award-winning Washington-based freelance writer who has written for Pro Basketball News, the Washington Post, The Boston Herald, Essence, and Washingtonian. He is a member of United States Basketball Writers Association, a founding member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and an executive board member and media relations director for the Association for Professional Basketball Research. Bayne is the author of Sky Kings: Black Pioneers of Professional Basketball, which was named to the Suggested Reading List of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, and Martha’s Vineyard Basketball: How a Resort League Defied Notions of Race and Class (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionChapter 1 From Streetball to SpingarnChapter 2 Superstar or Secret Schoolboy?Chapter 3 “I Was Scared to Death, It Was My First Flight.”Chapter 4 How The West Was WonChapter 5 I Am Not an Animal…Put in a CageChapter 6 New Frontiers: The NBA’s First Modern PlayerChapter 7 The First SuperstarChapter 8 A Leader of MenChapter 9 “The More I Was Determined To Prove The Doctors Wrong”Chapter 10 Wilt: The Unlucky Number 13Chapter 11 Jazz DuetChapter 12 Clipper CommandChapter 13 Rabbit ReduxBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.8.2015
• Vorwort: Bob Ryan
• Zusatzinfo: 5 Illustrations including: - 5 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Schlagworte: accomplishments • acrobatic • African American • African American basketball stars • African American History • African Americans in basketball • All-NBA • All Stars • All Starts • Athletes • Basketball • basketball pioneer • Biography • Black • Career • Childhood • Civil Rights • Coach • College • early basketball • Fans • Hall of Fame • History • iconic basketball player • Innovative • Integration • Interviews • Journalists • Los Angeles Clippers • Los Angeles Lakers • Minneapolis Lakers • Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame • National Basketball Association • NBA • NBA All-Star • NBA Executive of the Year award • nba finals • new orleans jazz • Player • Professional • rabbit • racial inequality • rookie of the year • Segregation • Sports • teammates • Washington DC
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4571-9 / 1442245719
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4571-6 / 9781442245716