Description
On November 17, 1973, the world changed and a legend was born. A band of girls from tiny Granby High School won Connecticut's first-ever state field hockey tournament They beat Guilford High School scoring the winning goal in the second sudden death overtime.
This is a journey through a life of highs and lows. A regular season of sticks and obstructions. Games against long-time rivals and emerging powerhouse teams. The joy and pain of a single elimination tournament.
This memorable season is a bridge to a fifty-year journey for the game of field hockey in Connecticut's public high schools: overcoming the barriers of systemic oppositions by state municipalities to federal guidelines for Title IX, the institutionalized practices of gender bias, discrimination and homophobia.
A Life of Obstructions by Rob Penfield tells a story about common people and their accomplishments playing a game, not because they had to, but because they wanted to be a part of something special. Because on November 17, 1973, the world really did change and a legend was born.
Author: Rob Penfield
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Published: 01/24/2022
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781639880584
ISBN10: 1639880585
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Sports & Recreation | Winter Sports | Hockey
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
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