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| Articles by David Pietrusza |
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| Grace Coolidge: First Lady of Baseball The Biggest Fan in White House History Wasn't a President— But a First Lady. |
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| More Articles to Come |
| "Wombats and Such" Grace and Cal Coolidge and Their Pets The Coolidge Family and Their Incredible Menagerie of Household Pets |
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| Eddie McDonald: The Real Ironweed Edward McDonald—Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist William Kennedy's Uncle—and the Model for Ironweed's Francis Phelan |
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| David Pietrusza has published articles in a wide variety of publications, including: • USA Today Baseball Weekly • Baseball America • Baseball Digest • Microsoft Complete Baseball • Baseball Research Journal • The National Pastime • The Heisman Journal • Catholic Digest The following is a small sampling of his output: |
| • Elysian Fields Quarterly • OldTyme Baseball News • Play Ball! • The Diamond Angle • Nine • Ballparks Bulletin • New Mexico Magazine |
| Jim Plunkett: Every Underdog Has His Day Heisman Trophy Winner Jim Plunkett's background gave him every excuse for failure—he refused to take any. |
| Les Horvath: 1944 Heisman Trophy Winner Les Horvath's football debut was hardly the most auspicious possible. |
| Glenn Davis: "The Real Touchdown Twin" Despite being dubbed the "Touchdown Twins," Army's Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard were not identical physical specimens. Doc Blanchard, at 6’0” and 205 pounds, was by far the bigger of the two football legends. The 5’9”, 170 pound Davis, however, may have been the better natural athlete. |
| Steve Owens: 1969 Heisman Trophy Winner If anyone was born to play Oklahoma football it was 1969 Heisman winner Steve Owens. |
| Doc Blanchard: The Army War Machine Dr. Felix Anthony Blanchard, Sr. bestowed three things to his son, 1945 Heisman Trophy winner, "Doc" Blanchard. |
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| Ban Takes Manhattan An Excerpt from Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present |
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| Robert Benchley: A Profile in Humor They don't write like funny Robert Benchley anymore. Read this article, then go to a used book store and get a collection of his stories. |
| The Great Radio Hoax of 1935 Robert Benchley at the Algonquin Round Table, critic Alexander Woolcott was the victim of this classic con. |
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| The Chieftains: A Return to Tradition The famed Irish group is examined in this 1977 article. |
| The Secret Word is Groucho by Hector Arce A review. |
| The Aventures of Conan Doyle A review. |