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Branch Rickey : a biography / Murray Polner ; foreword by Branch B. Rickey.
Van Pelt Library GV865.R45 P64 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polner, Murray.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965.
- Rickey, Branch.
- Executives--United States--Biography.
- Executives.
- United States.
- Baseball--United States--History.
- Baseball.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- v, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]
- Summary:
- "Rickey managed the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals at the end of the deadball era. Rickey made early use of statistical analysis and pressed for the expansion of major league baseball. He is best known for integrating organized baseball, at a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregated and the Civil Rights movement was years away"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786426430
- 0786426438
- OCLC:
- 85162266
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