The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History

Robert W. Cohen

doi:10.5771/9780810885578

Summary

Who comprised the most productive pairs in the history of professional team sports? Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers? Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls? What about the prolific hockey tandem of Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier? And that all-time great New York Yankees twosome of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig certainly can't be excluded.

Using various selection criteria—including longevity, level of statistical compilation, impact on one’s team, and overall place in history—The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History attempts to ascertain which twosome truly established itself as the most dominant tandem in the history of the four major professional team sports: baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Arranged and ranked by sport, this work takes an in-depth look at the careers of these 100 men, including statistics, quotes from opposing players and former teammates, and career highlights. Finally, all 50 duos are placed in an overall ranking.

Covering every decade since the 1890s, this book will find widespread appeal among sports fans of all generations. And with photographs of many of the tandems, The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History is a wonderful addition to any sports historian’s collection.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-8556-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8557-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 340
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
1. Ch01. Babe Ruth / Lou Gehrig No access
2. Ch02. Jimmie Foxx / Al Simmons No access
3. Ch03. Hank Aaron / Eddie Mathews No access
4. Ch04. Willie Mays / Willie McCovey No access
5. Ch05. Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris No access
6. Ch06. Ken Griffey Jr. / Alex Rodriguez No access
7. Ch07. Ty Cobb / Sam Crawford No access
8. Ch08. Hank Greenberg /Charlie Gehringer No access
9. Ch09. Pete Rose / Joe Morgan No access
10. Ch10. Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine No access
11. Ch11. Sam Thompson /Billy Hamilton No access
12. Ch12. Sandy Koufax / Don Drysdale No access
13. Ch13. Ted Williams / Bobby Doerr No access
14. Ch14. Roberto Clemente /Willie Stargell No access
15. Ch15. Johnny Bench / Tony Perez No access
16. Ch16. Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio No access
17. Ch17. Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling No access
18. Ch18. Warren Spahn / Johnny Sain No access
19. Ch19. Bill Terry / Mel Ott No access
20. Ch20. Derek Jeter / Bernie Williams No access
21. Ch21. Duke Snider / Roy Campanella No access
22. Ch22. Ron Santo / Billy Williams No access
23. Ch23. Robin Yount / Paul Molitor No access
1. Ch24. Joe Montana / Jerry Rice No access
2. Ch25. Peyton Manning /Marvin Harrison No access
3. Ch26. Steve Young / Jerry Rice No access
4. Ch27. Merlin Olsen / Deacon Jones No access
5. Ch28. Gale Sayers / Dick Butkus No access
6. Photospread No access
7. Ch29. Johnny Unitas / Raymond Berry No access
8. Ch30. Troy Aikman / Emmitt Smith / Michael Irvin No access
9. Ch31. Lawrence Taylor / Harry Carson No access
10. Ch32. Jack Lambert / Jack Ham No access
11. Ch33. Jim Taylor / Paul Hornung No access
12. Ch34. Lynn Swann / John Stallworth No access
1. Ch35. Michael Jordan / Scottie Pippen No access
2. Ch36. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar /Magic Johnson No access
3. Ch37. Bill Russell / Bob Cousy No access
4. Ch38. Elgin Baylor / Jerry West No access
5. Ch39. Karl Malone / John Stockton No access
6. Ch40. Shaquille O’Neal / Kobe Bryant No access
7. Ch41. Oscar Robertson / Jerry Lucas No access
8. Ch42. Larry Bird / Kevin McHale No access
9. Ch43. Julius Erving / Moses Malone No access
10. Ch44. Walt Frazier / Earl Monroe No access
11. Ch45. Isiah Thomas / Joe Dumars No access
1. Ch46. Wayne Gretzky / Mark Messier No access
2. Ch47. Bobby Orr / Phil Esposito No access
3. Ch48. Bobby Hull / Stan Mikita No access
4. Ch49. Bryan Trottier / Mike Bossy No access
5. Ch50. Mario Lemieux / Jaromir Jagr No access
1. Conclusion: Final Overall Rankings No access
Epilogue: Current Dynamic Duos to Watch No access Pages 297 - 324
Glossary: Abbreviations and Statistical Terms No access Pages 325 - 326
Bibliography No access Pages 327 - 330
Index No access Pages 331 - 338
About the Author No access Pages 339 - 340