Kent State University Athletics

Established in 1910 by the State of Ohio as a teachers training college, Kent State Normal School rapidly evolved into a major research university during the fi rst half of the 20th century. Kent State University Athletics chronicles the highlights of sports history during the institutions first 100 years. As athletics evolved from its close relation to physical education training and intramural play to varsity intercollegiate programs competing at the Division I level, a number of outstanding athletes, teams, and coaches arose, including several Olympic competitors and future professional athletes.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Cara Gilgenbach heads the Department of Special Collections and Archives in the Kent State University libraries, where she administers the university archives collections, the source of most of the photographs featured in this book. Theresa Walton serves as assistant professor in the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport at Kent State University, where she teaches a sports history class that uses the archival collection.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cara Gilgenbach, Theresa Walton
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780738551760
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-5176-0
• Seiten: 128
• Abmessung: 166 mm x 234 mm x 9 mm
• Gewicht: 322 g
• Serien: Images of Sports; Images of Sports
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Allgemeines, Lexika, Handbücher, Jahrbücher, Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges