The Armchair Companion to Chicago Sports

by Richard C. Lindberg

Book Overview

A fun-filled book that brings together for the first time the significant events in Chicago sports history. In addition to baseball, football, basketball, and hockey, it covers such minor sports as tennis, ice-skating, golf, bowling, horseracing, running, and sailing. This is a look at the athletes, their accomplishments, and the games they played.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681620235
• ISBN13: 9781681620237
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Indeed an Armchair Companion

As a lifetime(68 yrs.)native of Chicago, I was able to relate to the entire book in all sports. Most of the book fits right in with the history of Chicago both good and bad. All Chicago historians should find this book interesting even if they are not sports enthusiasts.The chapter titles in the table of contents are a bit confusing and should have been more direct.

Windy City Sports From Baseball to Bowling

The Armchair Companion to Chicago Sports blends history, trivia, little known facts, and interesting quotes from the celebrities who have defined professional and amateur sports in the Windy City since the 1870s. The book is much more than a compilation of data revolving around the Bulls, White Sox, Bears, Blackhawks and Cubs. While the so-called "big four" sports are covered in assiduous detail, the Armchair Companion presents a historical survey of some of the lesser known sports, including bowling, bicycling, runner's marathons, the memorable golf tournaments, the short but unhappy history of professional soccer in Chicago, boxing, horse racing, and much more. The book was researched and written by Richard Lindberg, team historian of the Chicago White Sox and the author of eight other books dealing with aspects of Chicago history, politics and sports, and Biart Williams, his research assistant and sports historian, the fact-filled volume is a must for fans of all ages who live and die with Chicago