Philly Sports
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Philly Sports

Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town

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eBook - ePub

Philly Sports

Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town

About this book

Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers—have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They've been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.

Strangely though, much of America's perception of Philadelphia sports has been shaped by a fictional figure: Rocky. The series of Hollywood films named after their title character has told and retold the Cinderella story of an underdog boxer rising up against long odds. One could plausibly make the argument that Rocky is Philadelphia's most famous athlete.

Beyond the major sports franchises and Rocky, lesser-known athletic competition in Philadelphia offers much to the interested observer. The city's boxing culture, influence on Negro Leagues baseball, role in establishing interscholastic sport, and leadership in the rise of cricket all deserve and receive close investigation in this new collection.  Philly Sports combines primary research and personal experiences—playing in the Palestra, scouting out the tombstones of the city's best athletes, enjoying the fervor of a Philadelphia night with a local team in pursuit of a championship title. The essence of Philadelphia sport, and to a certain extent the city itself, is distilled here.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Series Editor’s Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Wickedness and the Holy Experiment: Sports in Colonial Philadelphia
  10. 2. Black Baseball’s Pioneers: The Philadelphia Pythians
  11. 3. Philadelphia Cricket Comes of Age: The Movement for Consolidation and Centralization, 1874–95
  12. 4. How Did They Compete?: Philadelphia High School Girls’ Sports, 1904–44
  13. 5. The Philadelphia Eagles, the Crisis of Post–World War II Masculinity, and the Rise of Pro Football, 1946–60
  14. 6. Bigger Than His Britches: Wilt Chamberlain and Philadelphia
  15. 7. The Philadelphia Jewish Y’s: Sport and Physical Health in American Culture
  16. 8. “Blood Stirs the Fight Crowd”: Making and Marking Joe Frazier’s Philadelphia
  17. 9. Philadelphia’s Greatest Sports Hero?: The Case for Rocky Balboa
  18. 10. Making Ice (Hockey) in Philadelphia: Leadership, Organization, and the Tale of Two NHL Franchises
  19. 11. The Game That Made Penn Basketball Great: Penn vs. Villanova, January 1969
  20. 12. More Than “An Ugly Cement Doughnut”: Veterans Stadium and the Philadelphia Phillies
  21. 13. Philadelphia’s Buried Treasures
  22. 14. The Penn Relays: Celebrating the “Black Woodstock of West Philly”
  23. 15. A Philadelphia Nocturne
  24. Notes
  25. Contributors
  26. Index