Their greatest victory : 24 athletes who overcame disease, disability and injury / David L. Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, David L., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athletes--Biography.

Athletes.

Sports injuries.

Athletes--Drug use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book tells the dramatic stories of 24 remarkable athletes who overcame seemingly insurmountable medical adversities to attain athletic success. A separate chapter is devoted to each, relating how that athlete developed the problem, what medical issues arose, how success was achieved despite the setback, and what personal qualities enabled the athlete to prevail. The book is divided into two parts. Part I includes 15 athletes who dealt with life-threatening diseases, major childhood illnesses or physical disabilities, relating their dramatic comebacks from cancer (Jeff Blatnick, Jon Lester,

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I. Diseases and Physical Disabilities; Cancer; Jeff Blatnick; Jon Lester; Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Diabetes; Gary Hall Jr.; Ron Santo; Other Debilitating Diseases; Gail Devers; Alice Marble; Alonzo Mourning; Wilma Rudolph; Childhood Illnesses; Scott Hamilton; Bobby Jones; Doris Hart; Physical Disabilities; Jim Abbott; Dummy Hoy; Harry Greb; Part II. Accidents and Injuries; Accidents; Glenn Cunningham; Bill Toomey; Three-Finger Brown; Mike Burton; Ben Hogan; Greg LeMond; Injuries; Lou Brissie; Rocky Bleier; Tommy John

Conclusion: Qualities of Those Who Triumphed Over AdversityNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476602479

1476602476

OCLC:

855505089