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Books in Scu-2/Sports Close-Ups series

  • Fernando Valenzuela

    Carolyn Gloeckner, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of the baseball player from Sonora, Mexico, who since 1980 has been setting records and winning honors as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
    O
  • Moses Malone

    Jane Mersky Leder, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of an outstanding basketball player, a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.
    P
  • Mary Decker Slaney

    Matthew Newman

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, March 15, 1986)
    Follows the champion runner from her first race at the age of eleven to her recognition as one of the top runners in the world.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard

    Carolyn Gloeckner, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of the welter weight champion who lost only one out of the thirty-three matches of his career.
    U
  • Marvelous Marvin Hagler

    Carolyn Gloeckner, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of the middleweight champion chosen Boxer of the Year of 1983 by the World Boxing Council.
    X
  • Marcus Allen

    Jane Mersky Leder, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A brief biography of the star running back of the Los Angeles Raiders football team.
    Q
  • Joe Theismann

    Carolyn Gloeckner, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of the Washington Redskin's valuable quarterback.
    U
  • WAYNE GRETZKY

    JANE LEDER

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, March 15, 1985)
    Book by Jane Mersky Leder
  • Martina Navratilova

    Jane Mersky Leder, Howard Schroeder

    Library Binding (Crestwood House, Feb. 1, 1985)
    A biography of the tennis player, originally from Czechoslovakia, who was ranked as the top woman tennis player in the world in 1978, 1979, 1982, and 1983, and has become the highest-paid woman athlete in history.
    O
  • Patrick Ewing

    Matthew Newman

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, March 15, 1986)
    Recounts the life story of the young man who came to America from Jamaica, became a basketball star at Georgetown University, and helped the U.S. Olympic basketball team win a gold medal.
  • Lawrence Taylor

    Michael E. Goodman

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, )
    None
  • Lynette Woodard

    Matt Newman

    Hardcover (Crestwood House, June 1, 1986)
    Traces the life and career of the individual who made sports history by becoming the first woman to play basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters
    O