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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162916403321

Autore

Travers Steven

Titolo

Remembering the Stick : Candlestick Park, 1960-2013 / / Steven R. Travers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-63076-072-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 pages)

Classificazione

SPO019000SPO003030SPO015000

Disciplina

796.406/80979461

Soggetti

Sports - California - San Francisco - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Candlestick Park was loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike for its 43 years of existence. Built on a landfill above a garbage dump in a city rocked by an 8.6 earthquake only 54 years earlier, it was notorious for the tornadic winds that came off the bay. But it was also home to the greatest run of sustained excellence in pro football history: the 1981-1994 49ers, as well as the exploits of baseball stars such as Willie Mays and Juan Marichal"--