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The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports. Ranked According to Achievement.
B.p.robert Stephen Silverman
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Description for The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports. Ranked According to Achievement.
Paperback. In this reference, the author applies quantitative criteria to definitively rank the greatest Jewish athletes of modern times from all major sports against one another according to achievement. The information is presented in a light and entertaining way. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; GBC; JFSR1; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria. Each decade has seen someone new emerge as the greatest Jewish athlete, from boxer Abe Attell to baseballs' Sandy Koufax and Ken Holtzman, to golf's Amy Alcott, to footballs' Harris Barton. Sports profiled include baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf, auto racing, boxing, soccer, football, swimming, and many others. Silverman takes a scholarly approach to ensure reliability and validity of the statistics given. The author identified ... Read more
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria. Each decade has seen someone new emerge as the greatest Jewish athlete, from boxer Abe Attell to baseballs' Sandy Koufax and Ken Holtzman, to golf's Amy Alcott, to footballs' Harris Barton. Sports profiled include baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf, auto racing, boxing, soccer, football, swimming, and many others. Silverman takes a scholarly approach to ensure reliability and validity of the statistics given. The author identified ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810847750
SKU
V9780810847750
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About B.p.robert Stephen Silverman
B.P. Robert Stephen Silverman brings to the table a unique blend of a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and a sports commentator with a sense of humor. He is the author of The Jewish Athletes' Hall of Fame and Defending Animals' Rights is the Right Thing to Do. At the age of 19, he won a DCAAU gold medal in weight lifting. ... Read more
Reviews for The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports. Ranked According to Achievement.
In addition to his ranking of athletes, the book contains short bios on each and covers related subjects such as unsung Jewish athletes, Jewish sports executives and milestones in Jewish sports history.
The Washington Jewish Week
Silverman's book overflows with did-you-know factoids and is as broad in its coverage as it is compact.
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The Washington Jewish Week
Silverman's book overflows with did-you-know factoids and is as broad in its coverage as it is compact.
Forward