Biographical Dictionary of American Sports

DAVID L. PORTER is Louis Tuttle Shangle Professor of History and Political Science at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He is the editor of Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball (Greenwood Press, 1987), and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Football (Greenwood Press, 1987), the first comprehensive reference work devoted to all major American sports. He is the author of The Seventy-Sixth Congress and World War II, 1939-1940 and Congress and the Waning of the New Deal. His articles have appeared in such journals as The North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, The Society for American Baseball Research Reviews of Books, American Heritage, Senate History, The Palimpest, American Historical Association Perspectives and Midwest Review.

• Preface Auto Racing Communications Media and Promotions Golf Horse Racing Lacrosse Miscellaneous Sports Skiing Soccer Speed Skating Tennis Track and Field Appendix 1: Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds Appendix 2: Alphapetical Listing of Entries with Sport Appendix 3: Entries by Major Outdoor Sport Appendix 4: Entries by Place of Birth Appendix 5: Women Athletes by Sport Appendix 6: Cross-references for Married Women Athletes Appendix 7: Major U.S. Sports Halls of Fame Appendix 8: Sports Associations, Organizations, and/or Leagues in Outdoor Sports Volume Appendix 9: Major Outdoor Sporting Events Appendix 10: Sites of Olympic Games Appendix 11: Periodicals Covering Outdoor Sports Volume Index