| Can You Name that Team?: A Guide to Professional Baseball, Football, Soccer, Hockey, and Basketball Teams and Leagues Contributor(s): Biesel, David B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810845520 ISBN-13: 9780810845527 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $81.18 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Reference |
| Dewey: 796 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.4" W x 11" (1.45 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now in Paper The only single source collection of over 950 teams in 36 major professional leagues_baseball, football, soccer, basketball, and hockey_this book also contains the first genealogy ever compiled on all these leagues, giving each team franchise and its past and present names. Section 1 is an alphabetical listing by the designation (city, state, province, or region) used by the team. This main entry section explains how the team got its name. Section 2_the 'family tree'_contains a separate listing of the teams in each of the 36 leagues, who they were, and who they became. Section 3 is an alphabetical listing of all the team names in Sections 1 and 2. With bibliography and index. |