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African American baseball players African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature Athletes Baseball players Baseball players United States Biography Juvenile literature Football players Fox Indians Biography Fox Indians Biography Juvenile literature Thorpe, Jim 1887-1953 United StatesBuckley, James
Summary: "While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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Summary: "Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente-once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major League Baseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed. The first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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Summary: Learn about Miguel Cabrera's early life, career, biggest sports moments, and what makes him a champion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB CABRERA FLYRappaport, Doreen
Summary: "Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track and field -- no matter the game or competition, Jackie Robinson hit it out of the park. His exceptional talents should have easily landed him a career in pro sports. But in the United States in the 1930s and '40s, opportunities like those were closed to athletes like Jackie: his skin was the wrong color. Jackie settled for playing baseball in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2017