What's your Delaware sports IQ? That's the question Delawareans are asking each other with the publication of the book, THE GREAT DELAWARE SPORTS BOOK. THE GREAT DELAWARE SPORTS BOOK is the only book ever devoted the sporting heritage in the First State. Author Doug Gelbert digested the newspaper sports pages from every day for 125 years to bring the story of Delaware sports to life. The result is a 222-page journey through Delaware's sporting past - unlike anything that has ever been published in the state. All the teams, all the native professionals, all the Delaware Olympians. The easy-to-read format chronicles the Delaware sporting life decade-by-decade from 1870 on. Separate sections detail the history of auto racing, basketball, football, golf and horse racing. In baseball you will find comprehensive coverage of all 13 minor leagues featuring six Delaware towns. The fact-stuffed "Record Book" includes statisticalinformation for all Delaware major league baseball, basketball and football players plus the only listing of all Delaware high school champions ever compiled. Look over the more than 50 historical photos. "It's a pleasure to read these many discoveries..." -WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL "The thoroughness substantiates the claim to have written the GREAT DELAWARE SPORTS BOOK." -UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE REVIEW "It's a must for trivia buffs and those eager to bone up on Delaware sports history. Yes, all the sports are here, the players, the coaches - the book is a gem." -DELAWARE STATE NEWS AND DAILY WHALE So, what's your Delaware Sports IQ? What was the nickname of Wilmington's major league baseball team in the 1880s? Can you name all six Delaware towns to have sported a minor league baseball team? What future revered pro football coach played his first and only professional ball with the Wilmington Clippers? What tennis player won 2 Wimbledons, 7 United States Open crowns and 2 Delaware Open championships? What Delawarean once! won the pole position in the Indianapolis 500? What television star played for the Wilmington Blue Bombers basketball team? What two golfers from Delaware were on the United States winning 1953 Ryder Cup team? Much, much more.
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"It's a pleasure to read Gelbert's many discoveries." -- Wilmington News Journal, 3/8/95
"The thoroughness of the work substantiates the claim to have written the Great Delaware Sports Book." -- University of Delaware Review, 2/14/95
"The thoroughness of the work substantiates the claim to have written the Great Delaware Sports Book." -- University of Delaware Review, 2/14/95
About the Author
Doug Gelbert is author of 14 books including So Who The Heck Was Oscar Mayer?, You Can Be A National Champion, A Bark In The Park and others.
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Sports was never made more fascinating.,
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I am an avid reader of sports literature and this is the one book that capitivated me from beginning to end. Never had I realized Delaware held such a treasure trove of minutia that impacted the sports world today. A must read for every sports fan.
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Prior to the Civil War sporting events were manifestations of everyday life: marksmen toted their hunting rifles to the shooting range, teamsters raced their wagons along dusty country roads and even fire departments dueled in city streets for recognition as the fastest rescue squad in town. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kite track, canoe slalom, trotting races, basketball league Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Delaware, Blue Hens, New York, United States, Blue Rocks, Delaware Park, New Castle, World War, Hall of Fame, Delaware Field Club, Bill Chambers, National League, Gretchen Spruance, World Series, Missed Playoffs, William du Pont, Wilmington Country Club, Diamond State, Dover Downs, Los Angeles, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rock Manor, Wilmington Blue Bombers, West Chester New!
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Prior to the Civil War sporting events were manifestations of everyday life: marksmen toted their hunting rifles to the shooting range, teamsters raced their wagons along dusty country roads and even fire departments dueled in city streets for recognition as the fastest rescue squad in town. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kite track, canoe slalom, trotting races, basketball league Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Delaware, Blue Hens, New York, United States, Blue Rocks, Delaware Park, New Castle, World War, Hall of Fame, Delaware Field Club, Bill Chambers, National League, Gretchen Spruance, World Series, Missed Playoffs, William du Pont, Wilmington Country Club, Diamond State, Dover Downs, Los Angeles, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rock Manor, Wilmington Blue Bombers, West Chester New!
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- North Carolina (His The new enchantment of America) by John Allan Carpenter on page 57, and page 138
- Chester County (SC) (Images of America) by Glinda Price Coleman on page 135, and page 164
- Detroit Tigers (Baseball Today Series) by Mollie Martin on page 106, and page 193
- North Carolina (United States) by Julie Murray on page 57, and page 138
- Carl Yastrzemski (Baseball Legends) by Shepard Long on page 43
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