Pittsburgh Sports Firsts
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Pittsburgh Sports Firsts

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Pittsburgh Sports Firsts

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Countless groundbreaking moments in the nation's sports history were made on the gridirons, courts, fields, ice rinks and ballparks of Pittsburgh. Duquesne's Chuck Cooper was the first African American player drafted by the NBA. Beloved local radio station KDKA produced the first-ever broadcast of a Major League Baseball game. The Pittsburgh Stars were the first NFL champions in 1902. The first nighttime World Series game was played in the Steel City, and the only game seven World Series walk-off homerun happened there too. The city boasts compelling claims as the birthplace of pro hockey, pro football and college basketball. Some of the most preeminent authors and sports historians of Western Pennsylvania capture the vivid moments that make Pittsburgh a city of historic sports firsts.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781439672136
Edition
0
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Photography

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Chuck Cooper: Father Time Versus My Father’s Time, by Tom Rooney and Chuck Cooper III
  9. 2. The First (Real) World Series, by Bill Ranier
  10. 3. Standing Tall on the Bluff: Duquesne’s Dick Ricketts and Sihugo Green Make Basketball History, by Josh Taylor
  11. 4. First of a Forgotten Era: The 1939–40 Duquesne Dukes, by Robert Healy III
  12. 5. Cumberland Posey: The First Man in Both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, by Josh Taylor
  13. 6. An Angry Man: The Birthplace of Professional Football, by David Finoli
  14. 7. North Versus South: The Great Debate over the Birthplace of College Basketball, by David Finoli
  15. 8. A Pittsburgh Hockey Hat Trick, by David Finoli
  16. 9. Into the Future: The First Steel and Concrete Stadium in the National League, by John W Franko
  17. 10. Letting the Kids Stay Up Late: The First World Series Night Game, by Bill Ranier
  18. 11. What Could Have Been: The 1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers, by Gary Kinn
  19. 12. For Opens, the Civic Arena Pop Top Was a Bad Idea, But…, by Tom Rooney
  20. 13. The Steelers Age: Pittsburgh’s NFL Franchise Overcame a History of Failure to Become the First Team to Win Three, Then Four, Then Six Super Bowls, by Chris Fletcher
  21. 14. The House That Henry Built: The First Golf Course to Host Ten U.S. Opens, by David Finoli
  22. 15. “We Were Experimenting”: KDKA Makes Sports Broadcasting History in 1921, by Josh Taylor
  23. 16. Charlie West: The First African American to Play Quarterback in the Rose Bowl, by Jim Lachimia
  24. 17. Stepping Outside the Box: How Elmer Layden and John Moorhead Changed the Course of Football…Or So We Thought, by David Finoli
  25. 18. Maz’s Historic Home Run Wins Series, by John W. Franko
  26. 19. 1 in 58,002: Mario Lemieux Became the First—and Only—NHL Player to Score Five Goals Five Different Ways, by Chris Fletcher
  27. 20. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: The Record Winning Streaks of the Pittsburgh Penguins, by Gary Kinn
  28. 21. The Big Lie: The 1902 Pittsburgh Stars, by David Finoli
  29. 22. Before Brooks: U.S. Olympic Hockey Has Its Roots in Pittsburgh, by Robert Healy III
  30. 23. The Nine Best Men, by Bill Ranier
  31. 24. 3,000: The Flying Dutchman Becomes the First Player in the Twentieth Century to Eclipse Baseball’s Sacred Hit Mark, by John W. Franko
  32. 25. A Farewell to Flannel, by Chris Fletcher
  33. 26. The Fifty-Yard Indoor War: Arena Football Comes to Pittsburgh, by John W. Franko
  34. 27. Because the Marker Says So: The Story behind Greenlee Field and Its Historical Marker, by Bill Ranier
  35. 28. Charging into Armageddon: Bobby Grier Becomes the First African American to Play in the Sugar Bowl, by Josh Taylor
  36. 29. An Iron Man in a Steel City: Pittsburgh’s First Boxing World Champion, by Douglas Cavanaugh
  37. 30. Third Time Is a Charm: Forbes Field’s First and Only Heavyweight Championship Fight, by Gary Kinn
  38. 31. Unscored Upon, Undefeated and Still Unrecognized: The 1910 Pitt Panthers, by Gary Kinn
  39. 32. The Sultan’s Curtain Call: In 1935, My Grandfather Watched Babe Ruth Hit the Final Three Home Runs of His Career, and the First to Clear the Right-Field Roof at Forbes Field, by Chris Fletcher
  40. 33. Waynesburg Holds a Special Place in the History of (Televised) College Football, by Jim Lachimia
  41. Bibliography
  42. The Chuck Cooper Foundation
  43. About the Authors