Can You Name that Team?

A Guide to Professional Baseball, Football, Soccer, Hockey, and Basketball Teams and Leagues

David B. Biesel

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Year: 1993
• eBook ISBN: 9781461657101
• Edition: 1

Now in Paper! The only single source collection of over 950 teams in 36 major professional leagues_baseball, football, soccer, basketball, and hockey_this book also contains the first genealogy ever compiled on all these leagues, giving each team franchise and its past and present names. Section 1 is an alphabetical listing by the designation (city, state, province, or region) used by the team. This main entry section explains how the team got its name. Section 2_the 'family tree'_contains a separate listing of the teams in each of the 36 leagues, who they were, and who they became. Section 3 is an alphabetical listing of all the team names in Sections 1 and 2. With bibliography and index.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Section 1 - Team Names
• Section 2 - Professional Leagues
• Section 3 - Index of Nicknames
• Bibliography
• Index