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Great Olympic champions

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.

Ty Cobb, the greatest

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.

Johnny Bench, king of catchers

1977
A biography of Johnny Bench focusing on his climb to the job of number one catcher for the Cincinnati Reds.

Bobby Orr

fire on ice
1975
Traces the development of the Canadian superstar's professional career which began at age fourteen.

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