Hidden History of Twin Cities Sports
Published on 12. June 2023
113 pages
978-1-4396-7820-6 (ISBN)
Description
Twin Cities sports fans are well-versed in disappointment, but the last 120 years of Minneapolis and St. Paul sports have also produced forgotten milestones. Most know of the Vikings' Super Bowl woes and the Twins' record-setting postseason losing streak. Few know that the first full-time college basketball coach originated here and that a Babe Ruth home run record supplanted a local player's achievement. Fewer still know about near misses like John Wooden almost becoming the University of Minnesota basketball coach in 1948 and Billie Jean King turning down an offer to join the Twin Cities' World Team Tennis franchise. Longtime Twin Cities journalist Joel Rippel documents these subjects and other forgotten or unheralded stories.
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Joel Rippel is a news assistant for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, he has worked for newspapers for nearly forty years and is the author or coauthor of eleven books on Minnesota sports history. As a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), he has contributed as a writer or editor to two dozen books published by SABR. He lives in Minneapolis and can be reached at joelrippel@hotmail.com.
Content
- Intro
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. L.J. Cooke: The State of Basketball
- 2. The Twin Cities and the American League, Version 1.0
- 3. Frank Force: An Impact on Twin Cities Sportswriting
- 4. Perry Werden: Professional Baseball's First Slugger
- 5. Evelyne Hall, Ann Govednik: Minnesota's First Female Athletes at a Summer Olympics
- 6. Lights Turned Out on Pro Basketball in St. Paul
- 7. The Minneapolis Lakers' Impact on the NBA
- 8. John Wooden: A Missed Connection
- 9. Jeanne Arth: A Tennis Giant from St. Paul
- 10. Spence Harris: A Major Star in the Minor Leagues
- 11. Pro Football Comes to Minnesota
- 12. Ole Haugsrud: A Promise Kept by the NFL
- 13. Bobby Bell: A Two-Sport Pioneer at the University of Minnesota
- 14. Infinity: A Statistical Oddity
- 15. Tommy Williams: A Hockey Pioneer
- 16. Terry Dillon: A Promising Football Career Cut Short
- 17. The ABA's Chaotic Two Years in the Twin Cities
- 18. Walt Bond: A Too-Short Stint with the Twins
- 19. Minnesota North Stars: An Eighty-Day Victory Drought
- 20. Billie Jean King Passes on Buckskins' Offer
- 21. Ken Landreaux: A Long-Standing Record
- 22. Terry Felton: The First Win Is the Hardest
- 23. Art Johlfs: Ahead of His Time
- 24. Gophers, Badgers Football Rivalry: Bringing Home the Bacon
- 25. Fighting Pike Flounder in Only Season in the Twin Cities
- Bibliography
- About the Author
