John Apostal Lucas: Teacher, Sport Historian, And One Who Lived His Life Earnestly: A Collection Of Articles And Essays - Couverture souple

Lucas, John Apostal

9780979551819: John Apostal Lucas: Teacher, Sport Historian, And One Who Lived His Life Earnestly: A Collection Of Articles And Essays

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ISBN 10 : 0979551811 ISBN 13 : 9780979551819

Editeur : Eifrig Publishing, 2008

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Biographie de l'auteur :

John A. Lucas, Professor Emeritus at Penn State University, has written over 200 articles and books on the history of physical activity, track and field, and the Olympics. He has gained perspective by participating in a 10,000 meter Olympic trials, coaching track and field in the public schools and at Penn State University, and attending every Summer Olympics for a half-century. Lucas' background has led him to interesting sport involvement with, among others, the great athlete Babe Didricson, Olympic decathlete Rafer Johnson, the widow of Olympic founder Pierre de Coubertin, filmmaker Bud Greenspan, and International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, from which he received the honored "Olympic Order." For seven decades he has taken physical activity seriously and has logged over 150,000 miles as a runner. His travels have taken him to all the habitable continents, often speaking about the Olympics. Though now over 80 years of age, he still teaches a Penn State course on the history of the Olympics.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

John Lucas has dedicated his nearly half-century of academic life at Penn State University to researching and writing about his first love of sport, track and field, and the Olympics. He has attended every Summer Olympics since the 1960 Rome Games and has written several books, including 'Future of the Olympic Games.' From his over 200 monographs and articles, Lucas has selected a score of his articles written since 1953 for this anthology. They cover the range of his academic interests.

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