Brief biographies of forty contemporary American athletes outstanding in baseball, football, boxing, golf, hockey, automobile racing, and other sports.

Their specialty is the "impossible"—

• a running back who gains 237 yards in one game
• a pitcher who wins 31 games in one season
• a basketball player who scores 100 points in one game
• a golfer who wins the Masters Tournament four times
• a swimmer who wins four gold medals in one Olympics
• a hockey defenseman who leads the league in scoring
• a runner who runs the four-minute mile while still in high school
• a race driver who wins the Indianapolis 500 three times
• a hitter who has 3,000 hits and 500 home runs
• a bowler who bowls three perfect games in two days

What kind of men are these heroes? How did they develop into champions? How did they accomplish the near impossible?...

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