A biography emphasizing the career of a star who, in 1964 as third baseman for the World Series winning St. Louis Cardinals, was named National League Player of the year, National League's most valuable player, Major League Player of the Year, and outstanding athlete of the St. Louis area.
A biography of the Negro athlete who made a name for herself by winning the major women's amateur tennis championships and who then retired from tennis to turn to professional golf.
Accounts of twelve professional football games, played from 1925 to 1963, which are memorable for their influence on the playing of football today and current voluminous gate receipts for professional ball.
Traces the baseball career of the Puerto Rican who, though plagued by numerous physical ailments from the beginning of his career, won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1966.
