Fit for America: Major John L. Griffith and the Quest for Athletics and Fitness

(Part of the Sports and Entertainment Series)

by Matthew Lindaman

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Fit for America is at once an intellectual biography of Major John L. Griffith, one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twenti-eth century, and an in-depth look at how athletics shaped national military preparedness in a time of war and anticommunist sentiment.

Lindaman traces Griffith's forty-year career, one that spanned both world wars and included his appointment as the first Big Ten commissioner...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815635877

ISBN13:9780815635871

Release Date:June 2018

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.8" x 9.2"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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