Sport Stars #3

Byron "Whizzer" White's journey from a high school athlete who overcame a broken arm to become a multi-sport standout is the remarkable true story chronicled here—tracking his ascent through college athletics, his brief but dominant pro football career, and his decision to pursue a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford instead. When World War II interrupts his studies, White trades the gridiron for military service, eventually earning commendations for his intelligence work with the Navy in the Pacific theater. After his discharge, the versatile athlete sets his sights on a new kind of victory: a career in law.

Texas Tomboy From Port Arthur to the national stage, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson charted an extraordinary path through American sports—turning skepticism into stardom through sheer dedication and natural talent. Rejected from her high school basketball team, she became a champion anyway, then proved her versatility couldn't be contained, mastering track, tennis, and golf with the same relentless drive that took her to the top. This true account celebrates how hard work and genuine love for competition shaped one of the world's most accomplished women athletes.

Man O' War, a striking red colt born in Kentucky in 1917, captures the attention of racing trainer Louis Feustal at auction despite being passed over for higher prices—and he quickly proves his doubters wrong with blazing speed. As "Big Red" matures into a powerhouse racehorse, he dominates the track with remarkable stamina and fighting spirit, though a controversial start at Saratoga temporarily derails his perfect record. This biography traces the legendary thoroughbred's rise to greatness through his most thrilling races and his eventual retirement to a breeding farm, where his offspring continue his legacy.

Arnold Denker grows up loving sports but never excelling at them—until his competitive brothers challenge him to a game of chess, sparking an obsession that transforms him from casual player to interscholastic and intercollegiate champion. From Golden Gloves boxing bouts to exhibition matches where he plays eighty-five opponents simultaneously, Denker proves he's a rare athlete equally at home in the ring and at the board, earning his place among the world's elite chess players by 1946.