What a time it was : the best of W.C. Heinz on sports / W.C. Heinz ; foreword by David Halberstam ; introduction by Jeff MacGregor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heinz, W. C. (Wilfred Charles), 1915-2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Literary collections.

Sports.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xvi, 303 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Other Title:

Best of W.C. Heinz on sports

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, Calif.?] : Da Capo Press, 2001.

Summary:

This luminous, wide-ranging collection of sports writing covers a man who "dazzled his peers" (David Halberstam) and set the stage for the New Journalism of Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, and Jimmy Breslin. Whether describing mobbed-up boxers, crippled jockeys, lame horses, aspiring ballplayers, or driven football coaches, Heinz's indelible portraits recall an era less influenced by money, image, and self-indulgence.

Contents:

"Brownsville Bum" and other Profiles

Brownsville Bum (True, 1951) 3

The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete (True, 1958) 17

The Ghost of the Gridiron (True, 1958) 33

Death of a Racehorse (New York Sun, 1949) 45

Vince Lombardi (Madison, 1995) 49

G.I. Lew (Argosy, 1952) 53

The Greatest, Pound for Pound (from Once They Heard the Cheers) 83

So Long, Jack (from Once They Heard the Cheers) 103

Stan Musial's Last Day (Life, 1963) 135

So Long, Rock (Sport, 1952) 145

The Shy One (from Once They Heard the Cheers) 153

Mash and other Fiction

The Red Riders of the Imjin (from MASH, 1968) 183

Nicholas Braff (from Emergency, 1974) 199

The Head and the Heart (Cosmopolitan, 1948) 215

One Throw (Collier's, 1950) 233

Man's Game (Collier's, 1949) 237

"Beer Drinker" and other Columns

Beer Drinker (New York Sun, 10/7/48) 253

A Different View of Football (New York Sun, 10/20/48) 257

That Was Hoot Mon's Year (New York Sun, 8/7/47) 261

Down Memory Lane with the Babe (New York Sun, 6/14/48) 265

Memories of a Great Jockey (New York Sun, 3/25/47) 269

Football's Muzzled Masses (New York Times, 9/10/89) 273

Six Days to Nowhere (New York Sun, 11/17/48) 277

Why Can't TV Encourage Class Instead of Crass? (TV Guide, 11/7/87) 281

It Was Like a Light Bulb Busted in Your Brain (TV Guide, 11/19/88) 285

Quick, Thomas, a Brick! (TV Guide, 8/21/76) 289

A Tale of Two Pitchers (New York Sun, 4/6/49) 295

Excerpt from Transition (from Once They Heard the Cheers) 299.

ISBN:

0306810433

OCLC:

46911798