{"product_id":"ohio-state-athletics-1879-1959-james-e-pollard-9780814252642","title":"Ohio State Athletics, 1879-1959","description":"\u003ci\u003eOhio State Athletics, 1879-1959 \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the first archival project devoted to describing the history of The Ohio State University's athletic program, including the growth of athletics at OSU and the achievements of some of the many athletes who played for Ohio State in those early years. The work was undertaken by James E. Pollard, who, in 1959, continued the work of The Ohio State University Development Fund, the Alumni Varsity \"O\" Association, and early Athletic Director L. W. St. John to author OSU's first athletic history. Unsurprisingly, football is emphasized in the book because, even then as now, it drew the greatest public interest and provided a majority of the athletic department's budget. \u003cbr\u003e Besides turning to the archives of the \u003ci\u003eLantern\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMakio\u003c\/i\u003e to research the book, Pollard also relied on conversations with past Board of Trustees Secretary Carl E. Steeb, Professor Charles W. Foulk who actually competed for Ohio State as a student on the university's first basketball team, and then current Athletic Director, Richard C. Larkins. Because many of the university's earliest records were lost or destroyed, a significant amount of information also came from Columbus newspapers, \u003ci\u003eAlumni Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e and official records of the faculty, trustees, and presidents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James E. Pollard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814252648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814252642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"James E. Pollard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120314282239,"sku":"9780814252642","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32fe9bec-7df5-43ed-8ebf-de01cc966860.jpg?v=1687413658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ohio-state-athletics-1879-1959-james-e-pollard-9780814252642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}