Athletes Remembered: Mexicano/Latino Professional Football Players, 1929-1970 [Paperback]

Mario Longoria (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

first guide ever on Hispanic pro football players

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Review

Athletes Remembered: Mexicano/Latino Professional Football Players, 1929-1970 is the first book to celebrate the contributions of Hispanic players to pro football. In biographical sketches and dramatic play-by-play accounts, Mario Longoria saves such heroes of sports history like Tom Flores, Efren Herrera and Jim Plunkett, and many others from an undeserved obscurity. Athletes Remembered is part sports nostalgia, part football history, and part Hispanic-American cultural tribute. Well researched, documented, informative reading, Athletes Remembered is a benchmark example of in football reference book publishing. --Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Bilingual Pr (Bilrp) (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0927534630
• ISBN-13: 978-0927534635
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,226,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite book about athletes., November 9, 1998

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This review is from: Athletes Remembered: Mexicano/Latino Professional Football Players, 1929-1970 (Paperback)

This book written by Mr. Longoria is a unique sports narrative which gives any sports fan another aspect on the history of professional football. Aptly entitled "Athletes Remembered," Mr. Longoria documents the stories of the Latino athletes in a positive and very interesting style. I personally was unfamiliar with many of these athletes; however, I enjoyed reading their stories and learning about these talented players. My professional background is education and I firmly believe that this book would be a tremendous reading experience, not only for Latino children, but for children from all ethinic backgrounds. While Latino children will more readly identify with these athletes, they are really establishing role models for all children, regardless of their ethnicity.