Motor City Legends: Michigan's Sports Legacy

Motor City Legends: Michigan's Sports Legacy
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781365658303
ISBN-13 : 1365658309
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Book Synopsis Motor City Legends: Michigan's Sports Legacy by : Robert Reynolds

Download or read book Motor City Legends: Michigan's Sports Legacy written by Robert Reynolds and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor City Legends explores the rich history of Detroit area and Michigan related competitive sports and individual athletes through the careers of old-time greats as Al Kaline, Doak Walker/Bobby Layne, Gordie Howe, Joe Louis and George Yardley. Also recent legends Barry Sanders, Isiah Thomas, Steve Yzerman, Chauncey Billups, Miquel Cabrera, the Fab Five, defunct teams Michigan Panthers and Detroit Shock, goalie fights, odd Tigers' trades in the 1959/60 seasons, Benton Harbor's House of David baseball teams, and Lions Alex Karras squaring off against pro wrestling bad man Dick the Bruiser. The messy results of Gates Browns' unusual slide into second base. There's the time a rival ball player stole home against the Tigers twice in a single game. Countless items of trivia are presented in this stroll down Michigan Sports Memory Lane. Much of the book centers on a large Who's Who section of many athletic personalities who were raised in Michigan, attended a local school, or played on an athletic team.


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