Long Island High School Sports

by Christopher R. Vaccaro

Overview

For nearly 120 years, Long Island has fielded high school sports teams. In that span, numerous local athletes rose to the highest level, dynasties were built, legends were made, and the nation's largest island was filled with captivating athletic stories and sports lore that will live forever. Long Island High School Sports strings together a pictorial history of Long Island's oldest, most famous, and well-respected teams, coaches, and athletes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738565569
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/28/2009
Series:	Images of Sports
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,100,297
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Christopher R. Vaccaro is an award-winning journalist, author, and researcher from Long Island. He is the author of two previous books on Long Island high school sports and has written for more than 40 publications. A former editor at the New York Daily News, he has appeared on high school sports television segments and hosted local sports talk shows.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement 6

Introduction 7

1 Gridiron Glory 9

2 Hoops Galore 31

3 Lacrosse Is Our Game 47

4 Mat Slappers 67

5 Baseball, Track, and Everything Else 77

6 Legendary Coaches 97

7 Professional Athletes 111

Editorial Reviews

Title: New Book Documents History Of LI High School Sports
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Floral Park Dispatch
Date: 10/02/09

For nearly 120 years, Long Island has fielded high school sports and teams. Over the years, numerous local athletes rose to the highest level, dynasties were built, legends were made and the nation's largest island was filled with captivating athletic stories and sports lore than will live forever.

In a new book by Arcadia Publishing, local author Christopher R. Vaccaro strings together a pictorial history of Long Island's oldest, most famous and well-respected teams, coaches and athletes. With over a century of historical photographs featured in the text, Vaccaro did his due diligence to shed light on the teams that got the ball rolling on Long Island.

He hopes the book will "bridge the gap from the origins of high school sports on Long Island with athletes of today."

Highlights of Long Island High School Sports features never-before seen vintage photographs from both public and private collections and reveals images from schools that no longer exist. The book also includes chapters for every major sport Long Island has on the high school sports scene and showcases the professional athletes that have played at and graduated from Long Island high schools.

Vaccaro is an award-winning journalist, author and researcher from Long Island. He is the author of two previous books on Long Island high school sports and has written for more than 40 publications. A former editor at the New York Daily News, Vaccaro has appeared on high school sports television segments and hosted local sports talk shows.

The book is available at area bookstores, independent retailers and online retailers or through Arcadia Publishing at [phone] or www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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