Soldier Athletes

By Glenn Stout

Stories of bravery and self-sacrifice from well known athletes who have served in the military. 

-Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox outfielder, whose career was interrupted by service as a pilot during both World War II and Korea, where he saw combat and survived a crash landing.

-Rocky Bleier, Pittsburgh Steelers running back: Drafted in 1968, nearly lost a foot on a land mine during Vietnam War.

-Carlos May, Chicago White Sox outfielder, an emerging star whose fought to remain in the major leagues after a training accident during National Guard service caused him to lose his thumb.

-Pat Tillman, Arizona Cardinals defensive back who turned down a multi-million dollar contract to join the military after 9/11and was later killed in Afghanistan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9780547677316

Glenn Stout

Glenn Stout is a writer, author, and editor, and served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, and founding editor of The Year’s Best Sports Writing. He is also the author of Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, Fenway 1912, Nine Months at Ground Zero, and many other award-winning and best-selling books. He also served as a consultant on the Disney+ film adaptation of Young Woman and the Sea. Stout lives in Lake Champlain in Vermont.

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Reviews for Soldier Athletes

[adrian.gaytan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ted Williams, Rocky Bleier, Carlos May and Pat Tillman stories are shared in this chapter book. The four men were athletes in baseball. Although all four had different paths to their professional sport careers the common denominator was war. Williams served in WWII, Bieier and May served during Vietnam and Tillman in Afghanistan. All men were athletes because they were passionate and worked very hard in getting into the professional level. But, they also were registered with military. The story of these men brings up cultural, economic, community and civic duty that could be discussed in a classroom. The book is not very eye appealing and may not be a book that kids pic up, but something that could be done in class as supplement to lesson.