Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
eBook - ePub

Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

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eBook - ePub

Hidden History of Cleveland Sports

About this book

Cleveland sports history goes well beyond The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive and so many other ignoble moments. Many of the city's most illustrious sports tales are long-forgotten chapters of tribulations and tragedy, of fleeting fame and enduring milestones. There are forgotten firsts, such as football's first pass and the invention of baseball's slider having ties to Cleveland. There are overshadowed tragedies like a fatal crash involving an Indians pitcher occurring the same year two of the team's hurlers were killed in a high-profile boating accident. And then there are the near misses--like George Steinbrenner coming within seconds of owning the Indians and a famous musician who almost became a Cleveland Brown. From basketball to boxing, hockey to Heisman, journalist Marc Bona chronicles more than a century of unremembered tales.

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Information

Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781439672709
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1. The Cleveland Infants: One and Done
  9. 2. John Heisman and Cleveland
  10. 3. Before the Cavs: The Cleveland Rebels and Frank Baumholtz
  11. 4. The Creation of Chief Wahoo
  12. 5. The Team That Never Had a Chance
  13. 6. On a Crusade
  14. 7. Boss Men: The Steinbrenner-Owned Indians and the Strongsville Browns
  15. 8. The Big (Line)man
  16. 9. Something Old, Something New
and a Sixpence in Her Shoe
  17. 10. Tragedy on the Diamond, Part One: Charles Pinkney
  18. 11. Tragedy On—and Off—the Diamond, Part Two: Ray Chapman’s Family
  19. 12. Panthers and Papers
  20. 13. Babe Ruth and Cleveland
  21. 14. The First Pass
  22. 15. Larry Twitchell’s Special Day
  23. 16. The Birth of the Slider
  24. 17. The Longest Game
  25. 18. A Sporting Life
  26. 19. A Forgotten Dynasty
  27. 20. Potato Ball
  28. 21. Johnny Kilbane: Cleveland’s First Sports Hero
  29. 22. The Forgotten Tragedy of 1993
  30. 23. Pelé and Cleveland
  31. 24. Luke Easter: A Memorable Home Run, a Tragic Ending
  32. Bibliography
  33. About the Author