50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History (eBook)

Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey

Robert W. Cohen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
366 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-8557-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Using various selection criteria, The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History attempts to ascertain which twosome truly established itself as the most dominant tandem in the history of the four major professional team sports: baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Arranged and ranked by sport, this work takes an in-depth look at the careers of these 100 men, including statistics, quotes from opposing players and former teammates, and career highlights. Finally, all 50 duos are placed in an overall ranking. Covering every decade since the 1890s, and with photographs of many of the tandems, this book will find widespread appeal among sports fans of all generations.

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Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York Yankees twosome of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig certainly cant be excluded.Using various selection criteriaincluding longevity, level of statistical compilation, impact on one's team, and overall place in historyThe 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History attempts to ascertain which twosome truly established itself as the most dominant tandem in the history of the four major professional team sports: baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Arranged and ranked by sport, this work takes an in-depth look at the careers of these 100 men, including statistics, quotes from opposing players and former teammates, and career highlights. Finally, all 50 duos are placed in an overall ranking.Covering every decade since the 1890s, this book will find widespread appeal among sports fans of all generations. And with photographs of many of the tandems, The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History is a wonderful addition to any sports historian's collection.

Autor

Robert W. Cohen is the author of several historical sports books, including The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History (Scarecrow, 2012),The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History (2013), Pro Basketball’s All-Time All-Stars: Across the Eras (2013), and The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History (2014). Cohen currently writes for the website TheBaseballPage.com. He lives in northern New Jersey.

Inhalt

Selection Criteria Used To Determine Rankings1 – Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig3 – Hank Aaron / Eddie Mathews5 – Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris7 – Ty Cobb / Sam Crawford9 – Pete Rose / Joe Morgan11 – Sam Thompson / Billy Hamilton13 – Ted Williams / Bobby Doerr15 – Johnny Bench / Tony Perez17 – Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling19 – Bill Terry / Mel Ott21 – Duke Snider / Roy Campanella23 – Robin Yount / Paul Molitor1 – Joe Montana / Jerry Rice3 – Steve Young / Jerry Rice5 – Gale Sayers / Dick Butkus7 – Troy Aikman / Emmitt Smith / Michael Irvin9 – Jack Lambert / Jack Ham11 – Lynn Swann / John Stallworth1 – Michael Jordan / Scottie Pippen3 – Bill Russell / Bob Cousy5 – Karl Malone / John Stockton7 – Oscar Robertson / Jerry Lucas9 – Julius Erving / Moses Malone11 – Isiah Thomas / Joe Dumars1 – Wayne Gretzky / Mark Messier3 – Bobby Hull / Stan Mikita5 – Mario Lemieux / JaromirJagrFinal Overall RankingsCurrent Dynamic Duos To WatchGlossary: Abbreviations and Statistical TermsBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 11 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Babe Ruth • Baseball • Basketball • Football • Hockey • jerry rice • Joe Montana • Lou Gehrig • Mark Messier • Sports Legends • Wanye Gretzky
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-8557-3 / 0810885573
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-8557-8 / 9780810885578