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Yogi, Babe, and Magic: The Complete Book of Sports Nicknames - Softcover

Phillips, Louis; Holmes, Burnham

 
9780671850340: Yogi, Babe, and Magic: The Complete Book of Sports Nicknames
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0671850342 ISBN 13: 9780671850340
Publisher: Macmillan General Reference, 1994

Synopsis

Lists athletes in baseball, basketball, hockey, football, golf, and boxing by nickname, includes brief profiles, and provides school and professional franchise nicknames

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Reviews

Trivia enthusiasts will relish this guide, a veritable Who's Who in the world of professional sports. Virtually every nickname imaginable is included, with sections on teams (e.g., the U.S. Olympic men's basketball "dream team"), special events (baseball's annual "fall classic"), and plays (e.g., football's "Hail Mary" pass). Arranged alphabetically, the entries document the career highlights of each player and explain where the sobriquets originated. According to the authors, the sources for sports monikers are numerous, ranging from ancestry and place of birth to initials, appearances, and antics on and off the field. Complete with more than 30 black-and-white photographs, this study is fun reading and will prove useful in large sports reference collections.
- L.R. Little, Penticton P.L., British Columbia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Macmillan General Reference
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0671850342
ISBN 13 
9780671850340
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
334