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    A Major Influencer for Fitness, Athletic Administration, and Collegiate Sport 1914–1945

    In Fit for America: Major John L. Griffith and the Quest for Athletic Fitness (Syracuse University Press), historian Matthew Lindaman chronicles the life and times of one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twenti­eth century, a time of war and anticommunist sentiment. Susan Rayl is our reviewer, and she is impressed by Lindaman’s well researched and easy to read biography.
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