America's First Super-Star Athlete Was an Oarsman

History and the magazines and newspapers of the time will show that America's "first superstar athlete" and "first athletic god" was not John L. Sullivan, and moreover, was not even an American! Edward Kosner, in his review of Christopher Klein's "Strong Boy" , a biography of America's professional boxing legend, the great John L. Sullivan, makes ... (more)

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