An Athletics Compendium

Collective Biographies B 237 - 250 237 Black American women iOnlympic track and fielda: complete illustrated referenc/e Michael D. Davis. London: McFarland, 1992. xviii, 170p; illus; index ISBN; 0-89950-692-5 BL; YC.1992.b.4111 From 1932,when Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett were selected but dnidot compete, to \9S>&, when Florence Griffith-Joyner and JacJkoiyener-Kersee won five gold medals between them, the contribution of black US athletes doiscumented, with biographical details of all athletes selected (whether or not they competed). 238 The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SPI Books, 1992. ^ Subsequent ed. B254 239 Irish marathon legend/s Noel Henry; with an introduction by John Treacy. Dublin?: Irish Runner, 1992. 86p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9520424-0-1 240 Irish Olympians / Lindie Naughton and Johnny Watterson. Dublin: Blackwater, 1992. viii, 280p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86121-461-7 A detailed history of Ireland's Olympians over the past century, from JohPnius Boland to Michael Carruth. 241 More than winning: interviews with great athletes / Alastair Aitken; foreword bPyeter Hildreth. Lewes: Temple House, 1992. 284p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86332-741-9 BL: YK.1993.a.4684 Brief biographical details of 42 athletes, of which only four (Board, Manning, Szewinska and Flintoff) are women, and only three (Lusis, Davies and Oerter) were primarily field event exponents, are followed by selected extracts from tape-recorded interviews carried out from 1961 onwards. Some cover a long time-span {'\970-&9 for Don Quarrie) and supplementary commenartse provided fosruch topics as beginning athletics, qualities that make a stathre, English national cross-country championship, and some athletic philosophy. 242 Tales of gold/ Neil Duncanson aPnadtrick Collins. London: Queen Anne, 1992. 207p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 0-356-20784-6 BL:YK.1994.b.2149 Brief biographies ofBritain's Olympigcold medallists are presented; half-tone illustrations are included. 243 Olympic champions in Manchest/er James W. Bancroft. Manchester: Aim High, 1993. 52p; illus; pbk ISBN: 1 -872619-05-3 BL:YK. 1994.a.4238 Olympic medallists itnrack andfield athletics wiath Manchester connection are featured: Tysoe, Voigt, Owen. Lowe, Roberts, and Shirley Strong. A chronological roll of British Olympic champions anad list of Britain's twenty most successful Olympians are appended. 244 Chasing gold: sportswomen of Irel/andYvonne Judge. Dublin: Wolfhound, 1995. 1 58p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-86327-447-1 Includes chapters Coantherina McKiernan and Sonia O'Sullivan. 245 Great African-American athlete/s Taylor Oughton. London: Constable, 1996. 46p; illus; pbk (Dover coloring book) ISBN: 0-486-29319-X BL: YK.1997.b.5257 Brief biographical details of Evelyn Ashford. Valerie Brisco-Hooks. Florence Griffith-Joyner. Rafer Johnson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Jesse Owens aWnidlma Rudolph appear, with 'ready-to-color' action illustrations. 246 The greatest: who is Britain's top sports star? / Daley Thompson, Stewart Binns and Tom Lewis. London: Boxtree inassociation with Channel Four Television, 1996. 256p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-7522-1048-3 BL: YK.1996.b.15681 Published to coincide with a television series, this work attempts antsower the question posed in the title by using a scoring system baosendfive major criteria. Of the 101 biographies included, ar1e9 of athletes. 247 The Olympians: a century of gold / Sebastian Coe with Nicholas Mason. Rev. and updated. London: Pavilion, 1996. 126p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 1 -85793-890-9 BL: YK.1996.b.15572 A prologue leads into 11 chapters, each with an individual athlete linked to atheme: Lovelock, Nurmi, Owens. Blankers-Koen. ZatopekE,lliott. Oerter, Bikila, Don Thompson, Clarke, Daley Thompson. Apostscript is optimistic about ftuhteure of the Games. ^ Previous ed. B232 248 The roadto glory: portrait of Britain's paralympia/ns Richard & FionaBailey. London: Quiller, 1996. 118p; illus ISBN: 1-899163-27-1 249 Running with the legends / Michael Sandrock. Leeds: Human Kinetics, 1996. xvi, 575p; illus; index ISBN: 0-87322-493-0 250 Track and fieldrecord holders: profiles of tmhe n and women who set world, Olympic and American marks, 1946 through 1995 / DavBiadldwin. London: McFarland, 1996. vi, 338p; index ISBN: 0-78640249-0 BL: YK.1997.b.832 In addition to limiting the period covered to the previous fifty years, only eveonntsthe 1992 Olympic Games programme (excluding walks and relays) are considered, andonly biographical details oaf thletes who broke, but did not equal, world records are [ 6 5 ]