The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

~ Jack Park (Author)
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Product Description

As one of college football's most fabled programs, The Ohio State University has consistently produced some of the greatest players and coaches in NCAA history. Archie Griffin, Vic Janowicz, Les Horvath, Woody Hayes, Sid Gillman, John Cooper, Hopalong Cassady-the list goes on and on. Few football programs can boast 36 first-team All-Americans, six national championship teams, and 13 Rose Bowl appearances. Now, after much anticipation, comes The Ohio State Football Encyclopedia-the most comprehensive review of Buckeye football ever produced. This book examines the rich history and tradition of Ohio State football, and the coaches and players who made it happen. Updated through the 2002 National Championship season.

About the Author

Jack Park is a founding member of the XTM Topic Maps in XML authoring group. He was a senior scientist with VerticalNet Solutions in Palo Alto, CA, where he was actively engaged in the development of knowledge representation systems in support of online B2B communities. His discovery program entitled The Scholar's Companion(R) has been used to develop knowledge bases in advanced research on hyperbaric immunology. He is the lead developer of an XML Topic Maps-based knowledge management system on the Web at http: //nexist.sourceforge.net, and is active in the development of Open Hyperdocument Systems technology with the Bootstrap Alliance.

Sam Hunting is the principal of eTopicality, Inc., a consultancy whose service offerings include topic maps, content analysis, and DTD development. He was a founding member of TopicMaps.Org, which developed the XML Topic Maps (XTM) specification. He is a coauthor of the XTM 1.0 DTD and a cofounder of the GooseWorks project for creating open source topic map tools. He can be reached at http: //www.etopicality.com.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC (April 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582616957
• ISBN-13: 978-1582616957
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #768,201 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Touchdown For Any Buckeye Fan, October 23, 2006

By	Mr. Richard D. Coreno "Mr. C" (Berea, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Jack Park is a historian of Ohio State athletics and is often featured on local or national specials on university sports.

The encyclopedia is an outstanding resource for Buckeye gridiron fans or for those who appreciate the heritage of the team, though the rooting interest may be for some other school.

It takes the reader back to the beginning of football at the school and how it grew from a regional program to a national power. Ohio State football parallels many of the programs that yearly make strong runs at conference and national crowns & the history has numerous personalities, star players and wacky games that makes for great discussions.

There has not been an updated edition or a separate book as a companion edition - to bring the material up to the recently past season - but it is not "old." The enthusiasm of Park chimes through such events as the Snow Bowl, to the Rivalry Renewed - Buckeyes vs. Notre Dame, and the rich heritage from the Illi-Buck games and the contests against that school from up north!

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm still waiting for it to be delivered !!, March 9, 2007

By	J. Bell "Buckeye Fan" (Bakersfield, California United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I think I'll give the book a 5 star rating because I've seen it before; but, I have been waiting for 6 weeks for it to be delivered. Anyone have an idea how I can get Amazon to respond and get this book moving thru the system to reach me? Obviously, they think it's been delivered since they sent me this email to review it !

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and pleased, October 6, 2005

By	Melissa M. Neece (Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I received the book in a very quick fashion and was pleased with this transaction. Hopefully my boyfriend will enjoy the book as his christmas present. Thanks!