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  1932 in sports Information
See also: 1931 in sports, other events of 1932, 1933 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the "Superbas", the "Robins", or the "Trolley Dodgers", officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers.
The South American Basketball Championship 1932 in Santiago, Chile is won by Uruguay.
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 A History of Jews in Sports
There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods.
Sport thus became associated with the alien and dangerous hellenistic culture.
The first Jewish sports clubs in the country, the Rishon le-Zion Club in Jaffa and the Bar Giora Club in Jerusalem, were established in 1906 by Leo Cohen and Aviezer Yellin, respectively, and shortly afterward the first qualified club leaders were appointed.
www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/oldhistory.htm   (1721 words)

  
 Careers in Sport Psychology
Sport psychology professionals are interested in how participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity may enhance personal development and well-being throughout the life span.
Sport psychologists are also involved in assisting coaches in working with athletes as well as helping improve athletes' motivation.
As an academic discipline, sport and exercise psychology is the scientific study of people and their behavior in sport and exercise contexts and involves such topics as personality, motivation, attributions, arousal, leadership, and goal-setting.
www.wcupa.edu /_ACADEMICS/sch_cas.psy/Career_Paths/Sports/Career07.htm   (1765 words)

  
 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, near the campus of the University of Southern California.
Other sporting events held at the Coliseum over the years have included Major League Baseball, which was held at the Coliseum when the former Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League relocated to Los Angeles in 1958.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a tremendously historical sports venue and probably should be preserved on that basis alone.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum   (752 words)

  
 Sam Barry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Barry was also a valued part of the USC football teams which claimed national championships in 1931, 1932 and 1939, as well as seven PCC titles and five Rose Bowl victories.
Tragically, it was while scouting a USC opponent that he died; attending a University of California football game on September 23, 1950, he suffered a heart attack while climbing the hill to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, and died before reaching the hospital.
Barry was also nationally renowned as an innovator – he was the person most responsible for the elimination of the center jump after every free throw and basket in basketball, a move which resulted in a much faster-paced game; and he was also behind the move to create the center line and 10-second rule.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sam_Barry   (2063 words)

  
 1932 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday.
June 6 - The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States at 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ยข/L) sold.
November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1932   (2034 words)

  
 1932 in sports - Definition, explanation
Boys camp founded in 1932 and located in East Madison, New Hampshire.
Boys camp founded in 1932 and located in East Madison, New...
A registered charity founded in 1932 with the objective of preserving human life by...
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 The Modern Olympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
During a sports congress, held in Paris in June 1894 there was unanimous support for a resolution to revive the Olympic games in 1896.
Equestrian sports did not become an official competitive sport in the Olympics until the Games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912.
Olympic competition equestrian sport was reserved for the mounted services of the participating nations.
web.simmons.edu /~hallr2/olympiceh.modern.html   (518 words)

  
 Sports Hypnosis - Hypnosis - Hypnotherapy - Hypnotic Advancements
No matter what the motivation, one's arousal level always affects sports performance, and measures must be taken for athletes to attain, and maintain an optimum level of mind, free of distractions and fears to perform with excellence.
The primary advantage of using sports hypnosis is that one can get the same kind of physical imprinting from a movement done mentally, as he or she can, by actually going through the physical movements, but in a much faster time span and without the dangers associated with the physical movements.
I often use sports hypnosis with fighters during fight preparations for everything from alleviating nervousness, through increasing aggression, and stamina, and the development of one's least dominant side which is very important to most sports professionals.
hypnoticadvancements.com /applications-sports.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Jews in sports at the 1936 Olympics, Berlin
San Diego, CA (special) -- A traveling exhibition prepared by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Berlin Olympics of 1936 came on view in San Diego this week with the reopening of the Hall of Champions in new quarters in Balboa Park.
Other speakers this month will include former San Diego Charger Ron Mix on July 6 on tolerance in sports, and Marlene Owens Rankin on July 14 in a panel discussion on the accomplishments of her late father Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.
Breece, a former history teacher in Virginia, explained that after Germany was defeated in World War I, the Treaty of Versailles dictated that Germany's military be severely limited in size.
www.jewishsightseeing.com /germany/berlin/olympic_stadium/19990702-olympics_1936.htm   (1752 words)

  
 Vintage Triumph Register - VTR
This was a four seat sports tourer, a la Bentley, which could be driven with a tonneau over the rear seats.
The Gloria Southern Cross (also "SX"), introduced in 1935, was a short chassis sports Gloria, which was otherwise available in a range of tourer and saloon bodies equipped with four or six cylinder engines.
It is said that Standards CEO John Black acquired Triumph primarily for the sporting reputation, which was largely the result of the Southern Cross.
www.vtr.org /SX/index.shtml   (346 words)

  
 Welcome to USALuge.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The village of Lake Placid, N.Y. is synonymous with winter sports.
In 1932, the world focused it's attention on the picturesque village when it staged North America's first Winter Olympics.
Fantasy Camp sliders will experience the sport firsthand as they negotiate their way down the world's most exciting course at the Verizon Sports Complex.
www.usaluge.org /Programs/lpcamp.html   (396 words)

  
 1932   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A trip to remember: Westward in a 1932 Ford ragtop; back home via...
For example, at its low in 1932, the Dow Jones was worth just 2.06 ounces of gold.
The 1932 season was a special one for Indiana wrestling.
1932.wikiverse.org   (1645 words)

  
 Women's Sports Foundation FUNDING
To provide female graduate students in Physical Education, Sports Management, Sports Psychology or Sports Sociology with a means to attend graduate school.
To provide financial assistance to sports and physical activity programs seeking to add new or expanded program participation opportunities for an under-served population of girls, particularly economically disadvantaged girls and/or girls from populations with high incidences of health-risk behaviors.
Internships are located at the Women's Sports Foundation in East Meadow, N.Y. The Women's Sports Foundation is a national nonprofit, educational, member-based organization dedicated to promoting the lifelong participation of all girls and women in sports and fitness.
www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/funding/results.html   (384 words)

  
 Alvis Speed 20 1932   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This Alvis was completed at the factory on the 5th May 1932, as an Experimental Car with an 4 cylinder experimental engine No. EX1 (apparently the prototype for the Firefly engine) in a Speed 20 chassis (see letter Alvis Ltd).
Most of these Experimental were broken up but it seems that, probaly due to the financial strictures of the times, the factory sold just about anything and everything throw the trade when possible.
In a interview (1991/2) with the factory employee (Arthur Varney) by Nick Simpson of Earley Engineering Ltd. This men drove the car as company car from 1932 to 1933 when it was sold to an factory employee.
home.quicknet.nl /qn/prive/t.castricum/algemeen/alvis.htm   (420 words)

  
 Definition of Joe Sewell
He hit a career high 11 home runs in 1932.
Of more historical significance, Sewell struck out a mere 114 times in 7132 career at-bats for an average of one strikeout every 63 at-bats, the lowest average of any major league player in history.
He also holds the single season record for fewest strikeouts over a full season, with 3, set in 1932, and held the iron man record for most consecutive games played, 1103, until that was broken by Lou Gehrig.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Joe_Sewell   (326 words)

  
 Sports Network : This Day in Sports. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Start / S / Sports Network / July 31, 2003 / This Day in Sports.
1932 - The Cleveland Indians christened their new home, Municipal Stadium before more than 76,000 fans, but they lose the opener, 1-0 to the Philadelphia A's.
Read 'Sports Network: This Day in Sports.' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
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 More Women in Sports
She won the gold medal in 1932 and the bronze from 1936 to 1948.
Women's wrestling became a sport in the 2004 Olympics.
At the 1932 Olympics she won gold medals in javelin throwing, 80-meter hurdles, and the high jump.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0771375.html   (528 words)

  
 Definition of Chuck Klein
A conscientious worker and hustler, Klein captured four home run championships, two RBI titles, and a batting title for the Phillies.
Unlike most sluggers, Klein was a competent baserunner, topping the senior circuit in 1932 in stolen bases and had 15 triples, good for third in the league.
The same year he converted in the last player to lead in homers and steals in the same season, when he paced the National League with 38 and 20.
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 1933 In Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
With the motor sports business seeing explosive growth, there are many businesses that need...
Wayne Fontes was upset at a humorous photo quiz we ran on the Sports section front...
In 2002 sports, the underdog Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants, 4-1...
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 1932   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
November 8 - U.S. presidential election 1932 : Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
I found it a superbly crafted, supremely well researched account of the first 58 years of the life...
While contemporary nominating conventions have lost nearly all of their political importance, becoming instead an extended infomercial designed to promote long-ago-selected presidential candidate, such was not always the case.
www.freeglossary.com /1932   (1922 words)

  
 Women in Sports
While playing basketball for McDowell High School from 1974-1977, she set several scoring records including the record for most points scored (female or male) by a high school student athlete in the history of Kentucky.
Locke-Mattox has greatly contributed to the world of women’s sports since her arrival at the University of Kentucky.
Sports Illustrated called her win “the fifth greatest, single event record of all time in any sport.” She swam the butterfly stroke to 3 gold medals at the 1984 Olympics.
www.womeninkentucky.com /site/sports.html   (321 words)

  
 1932 in sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
1931 in sports, other events of 1932, 1933 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
The cookbook will contain 295 recipes in seven categories that were submitted by the students and their families.
It was one of the darkest moments in American politics, and one in which television network news would shine ever so brightly.
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Rotter and Szollas were one of the best ice dancing pairs in the world in the 1930s.
They won the gold medal in the pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1931, and in 1933-35, and took the silver in 1932.
Both Rotter and Szollas are members of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
www.jewsinsports.org /olympics_profile.asp?ID=84   (140 words)

  
 Accessible San Diego
We also made arrangements for the Indoor Sports to be brought to the party which we held there in the afternoon.
In June, 1932, we met at the home of Josephine Anderson to organize the ladies into groups for the June, July, and August parties coming up.
The Summer of 1932 was indeed a happy one for both groups.
www.accessandiego.com /event_detail.asp?event=125&event_type=1   (1027 words)

  
 1932 : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
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Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan--The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (Dear America) by Barry Denenberg
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 KSAT.com - Sports - Shea's 1932 Skates Returned To Family
SALT LAKE CITY -- The speed skates worn by Jack Shea during two gold-medal runs in the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid were returned to the Shea family Sunday.
When the 1932 games ended, Shea (pictured, right) traded the skates to a Japanese Olympian for a pair of Nordic skis.
Shea's skates were then passed to a young Japanese speed skater, Kozo Yoshida.
www.ksat.com /sports/1250817/detail.html   (175 words)

  
 Gleason works her mastery in several sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A tough competitor with superb natural athletic ability, Gleason, 28, has risen to the top in every sport she attempts.
''She won medals in three sports in the 1932 Olympics and when they excluded her as a golfer she co-founded the LPGA.
I have always thought that I had to be good at other sports too.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19991111/SP_005.htm   (932 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
At both the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, they won the bronze medal.
Szollas and Rotter won the gold medal in the pairs competition at the World Championships in 1931, 1933, 1934, and 1935, and the silver medal in 1932.
Szollas then became a sports doctor in Europe.
www.jewsinsports.org /olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=93   (127 words)

  
 African Americans in Sports
With Foster's mental illness and death in 1930, the NNL folded shortly afterwards, in 1932.
The Negro National League (1933-1948) founded by W. "Gus" Greenlee and the Negro American League founded by H. Hall (1937-1960) emerged as the most important leagues in the last years of segregated baseball.
Michael Johnson (1996, track), Arthur Ashe (1997, tennis) and Tiger Woods (1998, golf) round out those African Americans who were first to be honored in their sport category.
www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/sports.cgi?sport=Baseball   (743 words)

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