Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, Mickey Mantle
Subjects
Baseball; Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995
Introduction
It has been a long time since there was so much talk of heroes around the sports scene. Two weeks ago this talk was precipitated by the news that Mickey Mantle was paying the price for his alcoholism and would undergo a liver transplant. Of interest to me was the fact that virtually no one suggested that Mantle was any less a great American hero in the face of his well documented alcoholism.
Publication Date
6-27-1995
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Mickey Mantle" (1995). On Sport and Society. 394.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/394
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