Top 101 athletes
By: edited by Jeanne Nagle
Series: People You Should Know
Publisher: Britanica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781622751358; 9781622751365
Subjects: Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest; SPORTS & RECREATION; Sports; GAMES; Business Aspects; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Gambling; Essays; Athletes; Biography; History
Other titles: Top one hundred one athletes
Description: This biography introduces some of the most remarkable women, musicians, athletes, philosophers, artists, and world leaders of all time--individuals who are well worth knowing on a personal and professional level. This volume introduces readers to 101 remarkable athletes from a variety of sports, including David Beckham, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Jackie Robinson, and Venus and Serena Williams.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hank Aaron; title: Andre Agassi; title: Mario Andretti; title: David Beckham; title: Kenenisa Bekele; title: Larry Bird; title: Carol Blazejowski; title: Usain Bolt; title: Tom Brady; title: Jim Brown; title: Wilt Chamberlain; title: Ty Cobb; title: Bob Cousy; title: Joe DiMaggio; title: Novak Djokovic; title: Anne Donovan; title: Landon Donovan; title: Julius Erving; title: Samuel Eto'o; title: Janet Evans; title: Chris Evert; title: Brett Favre; title: Roger Federer; title: Walt Frazier; title: Lou Gehrig; title: Steven Gerrard; title: Steffi Graf; title: Wayne Gretzky; title: Mia Hamm; title: Franco Harris; title: Thierry Henry; title: Gordie Howe; title: Clara Hughes; title: Miguel Indurain; title: LeBron James; title: Derek Jeter; title: Magic Johnson; title: Michael Johnson; title: Randy Johnson; title: Michael Jordan; title: Florence Griffith Joyner; title: Jackie Joyner-Kersee; title: Dorothy Kamenshek; title: Mario Lemieux; title: Greg LeMond; title: Carl Lewis; title: Nancy Lieberman; title: Ryan Lochte; title: Greg Louganis; title: Peyton Manning; title: Diego Maradona; title: Marta; title: Bob Mathias; title: Willie Mays; title: Lionel Messi; title: Cheryl Miller; title: Joe Montana; title: Stan Musial; title: Rafael Nadal; title: Steve Nash; title: Martina Navratilova; title: Jack Nicklaus; title: Al Oerter; title: Shaquille O'Neal; title: Bobby Orr; title: Jesse Owens; title: Satchel Paige; title: Arnold Palmer; title: Walter Payton; title: Pele; title: Michael Phelps; title: Albert Puljos; title: Jerry Rice; title: Cal Ripken, Jr.; title: Jackie Robinson; title: Ronaldo; title: Cristiano Ronaldo; title: Wilma Rudolph; title: Babe Ruth; title: Pete Sampras; title: Barry Sanders; title: Gale Sayers; title: Martin Sheridan; title: Emmitt Smith; title: Annika Sorenstam; title: Mark Spitz; title: Roger Staubach; title: Michael Strahan; title: Sheryl Swoopes; title: Lawrence Taylor; title: Jim Thorpe; title: Yani Tseng; title: Abby Wambach; title: Jerry West; title: Serena Williams; title: Ted Williams; title: Venus Williams; title: Tiger Woods; title: Cy Young; title: Babe Didrikson Zaharias; title: Emil Zatopek.