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Subject(s)

• Sports—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—20th century [Browse]

Medium/​Support

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Summary note

"A Century of Philadelphia Sports covers the big-time teams and events but also amateur and college sports. Here you will relive the glory days of Penn football and Bobby Jones's completion of the Grand Slam at Merion, the Eagles' defeat of the Packers in the NFL championship game and the Phillies' World Series championship in 1980, the popularity of soccer in the early part of the century and of fast-pitch softball in the latter half. You will visit Baker Bowl, Pine Valley, and Garden State Park and cheer on your favorites in the Penn Relays, the Big 5, and the Army-Navy game. You will also recall such low points as Connie Mack's penchant for selling off winning teams, the college basketball point-shaving scandal of 1961, and the Palestra bomb scare."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

ISBN

1566398614 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00047978^

OCLC

45052681

RCP

H - S

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