Menke, Frank – Sports Tales and Antecdotes

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Menke, Frank ‘Sports Tales and Antecdotes. More than 250 Highlights and High spots of Human Interest from the Recorded Annals of More Than a Dozen Sports’ 1953 1st edition. VG in good mylar protected dust jacket. 308-pages. A.S. Barnes and Company, New York. Tales and anecdotes concerning some of the greatest athletes in all of sports history. Interesting read.

A lively anthology packed with humor, colorful background stories, and fascinating historical trivia spanning decades of American athletics. Menke, widely famous for creating the monumental Encyclopedia of Sports, leverages his vast knowledge in this specific book to deliver behind-the-scenes glimpses into iconic athletes, hidden rule-change origins, and legendary sporting mishaps. It serves as an informative, entertaining record of mid-century sports lore.