Description: The Super Athletes by David Willoughby This is a first edition hardback book published in 1970. It's a thick and heavy volume, measuring 7 x 10 inches in size, and is 665 pages long. The book is in very fine condition, with a dust jacket that is also in nearly pristine condition. It is sub-titled "A Record of the Limits of Human Strength, Speed and Stamina. The author was a national champion weightlifter. Between 1956 and 1963 he wrote a series of columns under the title The Kings of Strength, which comprised a history of strong-men, described as the most complete coverage of the subject ever published. The dustflap notes: Here is a new and unique record-book on feats of strength, speed, stamina, and skill. Discussed by the author are not only weightlifting and track and field, but also gymnastics, circus acrobatics, boxing, wrestling, swimming, and every other athletic sport in which performances of outstanding merit and interest have been recorded. Even such activities as chinning, handstanding, wrist-wrestling, cycling, tightrope walking, swordsmanship, and countless other off-the-beaten-path forms of competition are discussed and analyzed in detail. Strong-men from the time of the Greek champion Milo (c. 500 B.C.) up to the most recent performers in European and American circuses parade through the pages of The Super Athletes. One of the features of this book is a new and methodical time-population system for rating or scoring athletic performances. . . . The Super Athletes is a book of special interest and value to coaches and teachers of athletics in high schools and colleges. . . . Perhaps the most valuable feature of The Super Athletes is that it analyzes athletic records not just on the basis of their magnitude, but on the basis of the most efficient technique. . . . Illustrating the text of The Super Athletes are many plates of unusual interest are rarity, picturing in drawings and photographs famous athletes of both sexes from ancient times to the present day. The Super Athletes is a volume which may be opened at random to reveal a wealth of authoritative and entertaining information on whatever subject appears. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
Price: 11.95 USD
Location: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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Topic: Sports
Subject: Weightlifting
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
