Douglas Stark

Wartime Basketball

The Emergence of a National Sport During World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after the war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780803245280
• ISBN-10: 0803245289
• Artikelnr.: 43897102

Autorenporträt

Douglas Stark is the museum director at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. He is the author of The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Prologue    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction: A New Game    
1. America Goes to War, 1941–1942    
2. The Color Line Falls, 1942–1943    
3. Wartime Basketball, 1943–1944    
4. The Big Man Cometh, 1944–1945    
5. Looking toward the Future, 1945–1946    
Epilogue: Basketball Arrives    
Appendix A. National Basketball League (NBL) Standings    
Appendix B. American Basketball League (ABL) Standings    
Appendix C. World Professional Basketball Tournament Results    
Appendix D. Red Cross Charity Matches    
Appendix E. Service Team Records    
Notes    
Index