• Who is the only man ever to pitch four major league no-hitters?
• Who holds the all-time record for rushing yardage in professional football?
• What professional player made "defense" a respectable word in basketball?
• What heavy weight champion boxer started his career in the gold fields of Colorado?
• What American track star won the Olympic decathlon when he was only seventeen years old?
• Who are the Yankee Clipper, the Golden Bear, Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside, the Galloping Ghost, the Brown Bomber?

You'll find the answers to these questions and many more in Great American Athletes of the 20th Century. This book includes exciting, fully illustrated profiles of 49 of America's greatest sports heroes in 11 different sports—baseball, football, basketball, track, boxing, golf, tennis, swimming, sailing, skating and skiing.

From Ty Cobb to Willie Mays, from Rod Grange to Jimmy Brown, Great American Athletes of the 20th Century tells the stories of the men who caught the imagination of sports fans everywhere through heroic exploits in their chosen sports. Written by some of today's best known sports writers, these profiles bring the modern American sports scene to life through the lives of its most celebrated heroes.

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