Books by: ANDREW OTOOLE

Paul Brown: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Football's Most Innovative Coach

Paul Brown is a football legend, yet few fans know the story of this very private man. This book follows Brown’s life and career, from his childhood and college years through his domination as a coach on every major level — high school, collegiate, and pro — to his painful exile from a sport he essentially... [more]
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Sweet William: The Life of Billy Conn (Sport and Society)

An Irish working-class hero of Pittsburgh, Billy Conn captured the hearts of his contemporaries through his ebullient personality, stellar boxing record, and good looks. A light-heavyweight boxing champion, Conn had defeated nine current or former champions in three weight divisions by the time he was... [more]
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Smiling Irish Eyes: Art Rooney And The Pittsburgh Steelers

Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League in 1933. He, along with other pioneering owners such as George Halas, George Preston Marshall and Tim Mara, built the NFL up from a fledgling circuit that was just one step above sandlot ball into a multi-billion dollar enterprise.... [more]
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Branch Rickey in Pittsburgh: Baseball's Trailblazing General Manager for the Pirates, 1950-1955

Branch Rickey was one of the most important and charismatic figures in all of baseball, the archetype for all general managers who would follow. His contributions to the game were both numerous and highly significant; they include the desegregation of the majors, airline travel to road games, and the... [more]
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Overtraining in Sport

Resource for athletes, coaches, and research scientists interested in understanding the potential contributing factors and interventions related to overreaching and overtraining. Extensive reference. ... [more]
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Baseball's Best Kept Secret

BASEBALL'S BEST KEPT SECRET , written by native Pittsburgher Andy O'Toole, covers the ups and downs of Al Oliver's life before, during and after his remarkable 18-year career with the Pirates, Rangers, Expos, Giants, Phillies, Dodgers and Blue Jays. The book reveals many intimate insights into... [more]
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The Best Man Plays: Major League Baseball and the Black Athlete, 1901-2002

It has been said that sport is the great leveler, that on the playing field everyone is of equal status. Through the years, however, few institutions have better embodied America’s ideals and prejudices than baseball. Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers marked the first time an African... [more]
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The Conservation of Bees (Linnean Society Symposium Series)

Representative bureaucracy, organizational strategy, and public service performance: an empirical analysis of English local government.: An article from: ... of Public Administration Research and Theory

This digital document is an article from Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 8001 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available... [more]
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