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| ISBN-13: | 9781467146111 |
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| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
| Publication date: | 03/15/2021 |
| Series: | Sports |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Sales rank: | 1,117,798 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 15
Introduction 17
1 Chuck Cooper: Father Time Versus My Father's Time Tom Rooney Chuck Cooper III 19
2 The First (Real) World Series Bill Ranier 26
3 Standing Tall on the Bluff: Duqucsne's Dick Ricketts and Sihugo Green Make Basketball History Josh Taylor 33
4 First of a Forgotten Era: The 1939-40 Duquesne Dukes Robert Healy III 38
5 Cumberland Posey: The First Man in Both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Josh Taylor 42
6 An Angry Man: The Birthplace of Professional Football David Finoli 47
7 North Versus South: The Great Debate over the Birthplace of College Basketball David Finoli 53
8 A Pittsburgh Hockey Hat Trick David Finoli 59
9 Into the Future: The First Steel and Concrete Stadium in the National League John W Franko 63
10 Letting the Kids Stay Up Late: The First World Series Night Game Bill Ranier 69
11 What Could Have Been: The 1967-68 Pittsburgh Pipers Gary Kinn 75
12 For Opens, the Chic Arena Pop Top Was a Bad Idea, But… Tom Rooney 80
13 The Steelers Age: Pittsburgh's NFL Franchise Overcame a History of Failure to Become the First Team to Win Three, Then Four, Then Six Super Bowls Chris Fletcher 87
14 The House That Henry Built: The First Golf Course to Host Ten U.S. Opens David Finoli 93
15 "We Were Experimenting": KDKA Makes Sports Broadcasting History in 1921 Josh Taylor 97
16 Charlie West: The First African American to Play Quarterback in the Rose Bowl Jim Lachimia 102
17 Stepping Outside the Box: How Elmer Layden and John Moorhead Changed the Course of Football…Or So We Thought David Finoli 107
18 Maz's Historic Home Run Wins Series John W Franko 112
19 1 in 58,002: Mario Lemieux Became the First-and Only-NHL Player to Score Five Goals Five Different Ways Chris Fletcher 118
20 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: The Record Winning Streaks of the Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Kinn 122
21 The Big Lie: The 1902 Pittsburgh Stars David Finoli 127
22 Before Brooks: U.S. Olympic Hockey Has Its Roots in Pittsburgh Robert Healy III 132
23 The Nine-Best Men Bill Ranier 138
24 3,000: The Flying Dutchman Becomes the First Player in the Twentieth Century to Eclipse Baseball's Sacred Hit Mark John W Franko 143
25 A Farewell to Flannel Chris Fletcher 149
26 The Fifty-Yard Indoor War: Arena Football Comes to Pittsburgh John W Franko 155
27 Because the Marker Says So: The Story behind Greenlee Field and Its Historical Marker Bill Ranier 160
28 Charging into Armageddon: Bobby Grier Becomes the First African American to Play in the Sugar Bowl Josh Taylor 165
29 An Iron Man in a Steel City: Pittsburgh's First Boxing World Champion Douglas Cavanaugh 170
30 Third Time Is a Charm: Forbes Field's First and Only Heavyweight Championship Fight Gary Kinn 174
31 Unscored Upon, Undefeated and Still Unrecognized: The 1910 Pitt Panthers Gary Kinn 178
32 The Sultan's Curtain Call: In 1935, My Grandfather Watched Babe Ruth Hit the Final Three Home Runs of His Career, and the First to Clear the Right-Field Roof at Forbes Field Chris Fletcher 183
33 Waynesburg Holds a Special Place in the History of (Televised) College Football Jim Lachimia 189
Bibliography 195
The Chuck Cooper Foundation 199
About the Authors 203