Short profiles of seventeen Olympic gold medalists: Jim Connolly and Pat Garrett, Johnny Hayes, Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, Johnny Weissmuller, Babe Didrikson, Jesse Owens, Bob Mathias, Floyd Patterson, Bill Russell, Bob Richards, Toni Sailer, Carol Heiss, Don Schollander, Peter Snell, and Billy Mills.
A biography of the Detroit Tiger star who is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players in history and who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.