SPORTMGT 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sybil Bauer, Working Class Hero, Gertrude Ederle
9 Nov 2016
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*paper best papers focus on recreation & leisure, not sport! Story of race played out in a boxing match! 1919-23, beats jess willard, beats carpentier (french war hero) beats firpo ! 2 million in purse plus a million in endorsements! 1927-28 loses to gene tunney (manly marine, everybody liked)! Due to her career was died amateur status! Didn"t go into the domestic life after wwii! The epitome of doing the right thing and a hard worker ! Pyle convinced him to go pro (play for the bears) instead of completing college his senior year ! Becomes a hero/icon for the little guy pushing back against establishment! Myth busting, appropriating a sport and out doing the establishment! Small catholic school pushes back against the establishment! Birth of athlete representation and the publicity apparatus! Began to make movies in the middle of the great depression! Towards the end of her life, arrogant, alcoholic, married several men!
