Notable Sports Figures

Much care needs to be taken in assessing the value of this work to librarians outside the US, for it almost completely deals only with sports people from that country. The intention of the editor and the advisory board, which comprises school and public librarians from Illinois, Georgia, Florida and Pennsylvania, is “to provide narrative biographical profiles of more than 600 individuals who have made significant contributions to their sport and to society”. Sporting characters from the past 200 years are listed, from sports largely based on baseball, basketball and American football. The editor claims a passing glance at “lesser‐known...