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When Sports Were King (1954)
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Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short, History

When Sports Were King (1954)

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Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short, History

A compilation of archive footage from the 1920's (known as The Golden Age of Sports) that shows clips of the leading sports figures in America during that decade, including the great race horse "Man O'War" and famed jockey Earle Sande (of ...See moreA compilation of archive footage from the 1920's (known as The Golden Age of Sports) that shows clips of the leading sports figures in America during that decade, including the great race horse "Man O'War" and famed jockey Earle Sande (of Damon Runyon's "Bootin' Sande Home" fame). Others shown include baseball players Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; tennis players Helen Wills, "Big Bill" Tilden and Molla Mallory; football player "Red" Grange and Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, and famed golfers Gene Sarazen, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. Written by Les Adams See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Dwight Weist Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Name of the Rose (1986)
Lou Gehrig Self - NY Yankee's Baseball Player (archive footage) Self - NY Yankee's Baseball Player (archive footage) See fewer	Rawhide (1938)
Harold 'Red' Grange Self - U. of Illinois Football Player (archive footage) (as 'Red' Grange) Self - U. of Illinois Football Player (archive footage) (as 'Red' Grange) See fewer	One Minute to Play (1926)
Walter Hagen Self - Golfer (archive footage) Self - Golfer (archive footage) See fewer	Match Play (1930)
Bobby Jones Self - Golfer (archive footage) Self - Golfer (archive footage) See fewer	How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing (1933)
Molla Mallory Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) See fewer
Knute Rockne Self - Notre Dame Football Coach (archive footage) Self - Notre Dame Football Coach (archive footage) See fewer	Various Shifts (1931)
Earl Sande Self - Jockey (archive footage) Self - Jockey (archive footage) See fewer	The Handy Guy (1931)
Gene Sarazen Self - Golfer (archive footage) Self - Golfer (archive footage) See fewer	Shell's Wonderful World of Golf (1963)
William T. Tilden Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) (as 'Big Bill' Tilden) Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) (as 'Big Bill' Tilden) See fewer	The Highbinders (1926)
Helen Wills Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) See fewer	Marvels of Motion, Issue G (1926)