Title Fallen stars : five American athletes who died in military service / Carson James Cunningham

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Swaim-Paup-Foran spirit of sport series Contents Hamilton "Ham" Fish Jr. -- Hobart "Hobey" Baker -- Nile Kinnick -- Robert "Bob" Kalsu -- Patrick "Pat" Tillman Summary In the spring of 2002, motivated by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, National Football League stalwart Patrick Daniel Tillman turned down a multimillion-dollar contract to join the US Army. Two years later, he died while serving his country in the mountains of Afghanistan. In the process, he became an American icon. Inspired by Pat Tillman?s story, Fallen Stars captures the lives and times of Tillman (1976?2004) and four other war-hero American athletes: Hamilton "Ham" Fish (1873?98), Hobart "Hobey" Baker (1892?1918), Nile Kinnick (1918?43), and James Robert "Bob" Kalsu (1945?70), all of whom died while serving in the US military. Why a focus on fallen war-hero athletes, and why these five? Because here we have over a century?s worth of men who faced the fears and uncertainties that come with life and made the ultimate sacrifice. Their stories give us a kaleidoscopic picture of America over the course of more than one hundred years, and through them we can explore the wars America has participated in, the values that Americans have celebrated, and what it has meant, over time, to be an American hero Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Fish, Hamilton, -1898. Baker, Hobey Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943. Kalsu, Bob, 1945-1970. Tillman, Pat, 1976-2004. SUBJECT Kalsu, Bob, 1945-1970 fast Fish, Hamilton, -1898 fast Baker, Hobey fast Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 fast Tillman, Pat, 1976-2004 fast Subject Athletes -- United States -- Biography War casualties -- United States -- Biography Soldiers -- United States -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports. GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. Athletes Soldiers War casualties United States Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2017005680 ISBN 162349561X 9781623495619

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