Can You Name that Team?: A Guide to Professional Baseball, Football, Soccer, Hockey, and Basketball Teams and Leagues

By David B. Biesel

Book Overview

Now in Paper The only single source collection of over 950 teams in 36 major professional leagues_baseball, football, soccer, basketball, and hockey_this book also contains the first genealogy ever compiled on all these leagues, giving each team franchise and its past and present names. Section 1 is an alphabetical listing by the designation (city, state, province, or region) used by the team. This main entry section explains how the team got its name. Section 2_the 'family tree'_contains a separate listing of the teams in each of the 36 leagues, who they were, and who they became. Section 3 is an alphabetical listing of all the team names in Sections 1 and 2. With bibliography and index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810845520
• ISBN13: 9780810845527
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 11.0"