Golden Bears

Nonfiction, Sports, Football
Cover of the book Golden Bears by Ron Fimrite, MacAdam/Cage Publishing
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Author: Ron Fimrite ISBN: 9781596928169
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing Language: English
Author: Ron Fimrite
ISBN: 9781596928169
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: MP Publishing
Language: English
Golden Bears is more than just a history of football at the University of California at Berkeley. It also traces the political, cultural, and economic factors that have made the nations most prestigious public university as well known for its activism as its academics. Only in Berkeley, for example, could a campus radical become more famous than an All-American quarterback. Fascinating profiles bring to life Cals distinctive personalities, including coaches Andy Smith and Pappy Waldorf, incredibly gifted but emotionally complex players such as Jackie Jensen and Chuck Munice, and the flamboyant University presidents Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Robert Gordon Sproul. Other chapters cover the Bears' best-known plays, from the famous five-lateral kickoff return known forever after as 'The Play' to Roy Riegels run in the Rose Bowl. The book chronicles this engrossing team all the way through its highly successful 2008 season.
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Golden Bears is more than just a history of football at the University of California at Berkeley. It also traces the political, cultural, and economic factors that have made the nations most prestigious public university as well known for its activism as its academics. Only in Berkeley, for example, could a campus radical become more famous than an All-American quarterback. Fascinating profiles bring to life Cals distinctive personalities, including coaches Andy Smith and Pappy Waldorf, incredibly gifted but emotionally complex players such as Jackie Jensen and Chuck Munice, and the flamboyant University presidents Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Robert Gordon Sproul. Other chapters cover the Bears' best-known plays, from the famous five-lateral kickoff return known forever after as 'The Play' to Roy Riegels run in the Rose Bowl. The book chronicles this engrossing team all the way through its highly successful 2008 season.

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