No Helmets Required
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No Helmets Required

The Remarkable Story of the American All Stars

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eBook - ePub

No Helmets Required

The Remarkable Story of the American All Stars

About this book

The remarkable story of 20 young American football players, convinced to compete internationally in rugby—a game they'd never heard of

 

In 1950s Los Angeles, entrepreneur Mike Dimitro convinced a group of young American athletes to fly around the world playing rugby league, a game that was entirely new to them. Miraculously, the American All Stars competed with the best Australia, New Zealand, and France had to offer, and shocked the locals with some stunning victories. This story tells not only of the media circus and celebrity adventures, but also the All Stars' fights and flings, tragic illnesses, and farcical court cases. Dimitro's mission to establish a rugby league in the United States failed in spectacular fashion—though one All Star went on to win the Super Bowl, one became a Hollywood stuntman, and another an Olympic champion. The emergence of their remarkable story coincides with the United States's first ever qualification for the Rugby League World Cup, in 2013.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781909626096
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Introduction
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Bibliography
  8. Prologue: Five Men In LA
  9. Once Upon A Time In America
  10. Becoming A Bruin
  11. The Show Of All Shows
  12. Iron Mike In The City Of Angels
  13. Wanted: The Truth
  14. Indians To The Rescue
  15. Sydney1953
  16. There Will Be Fireworks
  17. Kick It, Pass It or Eat It
  18. Good Night, And Good Luck
  19. Farce, Fiasco, Fantasy
  20. Hanging On
  21. A Million Bruises
  22. Enter The Clowns
  23. The Far North
  24. Last Men Standing
  25. Tommy-Rot
  26. Urgent: Help Needed
  27. Shock And Awe
  28. Auckland
  29. North Island
  30. South Island
  31. The Final Straight
  32. The French Trip
  33. Allez Willie!
  34. The Douche Bowl
  35. Bird’s Head’s Banquet
  36. Serious and Sober
  37. Invite Rescinded
  38. Nash, Nixon, Rozelle And The Rams
  39. California Dreaming
  40. Plotting In The Wee Small Hours
  41. LA Confidential
  42. Opportunity Knocked
  43. A Sixties Revolution
  44. Dimitro’s World Cup
  45. Epilogue
  46. Appendices