Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction: A Word about History Part 3 Part 1: Early Track and Field History Chapter 4 1 Track and Field in Antebellum America Chapter 5 2 American Track and Field after the Civil War Chapter 6 3 The All-Around and the Evolution of Modern Combined Events Part 7 Part 2: Biographies of All-Around Men Part 8 Professionals and Caledonians Chapter 9 4 Donald Dinnie Chapter 10 5 James Fleming Chapter 11 6 George Davidson Chapter 12 7 George Goldie Chapter 13 8 Duncan C. Ross Part 14 The Gilded Age of Amateurs Chapter 15 9 Malcolm W. Ford Chapter 16 10 Alexander A. Jordan Chapter 17 11 J. Fred Powers Chapter 18 12 Harry L. Gill Part 19 All-Around Men of Ireland Chapter 20 13 Patrick Davin Chapter 21 14 Thomas F. Kiely Chapter 22 15 Martin J. Sheridan Part 23 All-Around Men of the New Century Chapter 24 16 Fred C. Thomson Chapter 25 17 Jim Thorpe Chapter 26 18 S. Harrison Thomson Chapter 27 19 Harold Osborn Part 28 All-Around Men of the Modern Era Chapter 29 20 Bob Richards Chapter 30 21 Charlie Stevenson Chapter 31 22 Tom Pagani Chapter 32 23 Bill Urban Chapter 33 24 Bill Walsh Chapter 34 25 Lloyd Sigler Part 35 Eccentric Additions Complete the Story Chapter 36 26 Ellery H. Clark Chapter 37 27 Avery Brundage Part 38 Appendix: The All-Around Record Book Part 39 Bibliography Part 40 Index Part 41 About the Author
Frank Zarnowski has served as the color commentator for many televised track and field meets including the 2004 NBC coverage of the Athens Olympic Games. He is a professor of Economics at Mount St. Mary's University and the author of five books on the decathlon.
I always was interested in knowing where my event, the decathlon,
came from. The title 'world's greatest athlete' is usually bestowed
on the Olympic decathlon champion. But I have always wondered who
earned that title before there was an Olympics? Or before there was
a decathlon? Frank Zarnowski's new book, All-Around Men: Heroes of
a Forgotten Sport, illustrates that track and field was a thriving
and popular sport in the 19th century, and that its versatile
"all-around men" were its stars.
*Dan O'Brien, 1996 Olympic Decathlon Champion*
The All-Around, a ten-event track and field contest of endurance,
speed, and strength, was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1912
and discontinued in 1977. Zarnowski, a professor at Mount St.
Mary?s College who has served as a commentator for televised track
and field events, chronicles the careers of the men who excelled in
the event, including the All-Around?s most famous athlete, Jim
Thorpe. B&w photos and statistical data are included. The book
will hold appeal for sports historians as well as fans,athletes,
and coaches...
*Reference and Research Book News*
The All-Around, a ten-event track and field contest of endurance,
speed, and strength, was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1912
and discontinued in 1977. Zarnowski, a professor at Mount St.
Mary’s College who has served as a commentator for televised track
and field events, chronicles the careers of the men who excelled in
the event, including the All-Around’s most famous athlete, Jim
Thorpe. B&w photos and statistical data are included. The book
will hold appeal for sports historians as well as fans, athletes,
and coaches.
*Reference and Research Book News*
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