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Author Malan, Douglas S.

Title Muzzy Field : tales from a forgotten ballpark / by Douglas S. Malan ; foreword by Fay T. Vincent, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : iUniverse, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Bristol Room  LHR796.357 M291    In-Library Use Only
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.357 M291    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.357 M291 c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material  RE796.357 M291    In-Library Use Only
 Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material  RE796.357 M291 c.2  In-Library Use Only
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Reference Material  RE796.357 M291    In-Library Use Only
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  796.357 MALAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Local History  R SPECIAL 796.357 MALAN    In-Library Use Only
Description xvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index.
Summary Tucked away in the woodsy corner of a public park within the once-gilded boundaries of a great manufacturing city, Muzzy Field's illustrious history began as a charitable land donation in 1912. With the financial backing of the sports-minded management at New Departure Manufacturing, the field became home to one of the area's strongest semiprofessional baseball teams that welcomed some of the greatest athletes who ever played the game-from Ruth to Martín Dihigo and many others. The surging popularity of football in Bristol brought to town the legendary Lombardi and a handful of future Hall of Famers who helped shape the sport in the 1930s and 1940s. From the earliest days, the colorful stories of the great barnstorming era of professional sports defined what has become the grand old dame of New England ballparks. In Muzzy Field, Douglas S. Malan relates many little-known tales from a time when it was a bustling epicenter of superb drama and a destination for the immortals of sport.
Subject Baseball fields -- Connecticut -- Bristol.
Football stadiums -- Connecticut -- Bristol.
Bristol (Conn.) -- History.
Added Author Vincent, Fay.
ISBN 9780595476848 paperback
0595476848 paperback
9780595713813 cloth
0595713815 cloth
9781935278849
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