The Wonder Crew: The Untold Story of a Coach, Navy Rowing, and Olympic Immortality

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THE WONDER CREW is the fascinating story of how the salty coach of the Annapolis crew team, Coach Richard Glendon, seized the game of rowing first from the Ivy League schools after which the imposing British with a new style both uniquely American and very much his own. He took a group of young midshipmen with humble origins and dominated a sport once the domain of the privileged.

After stunning the Ivy Leagues in race after race, the USA Naval Academy team won a shot on the Olympics. Their task was once nearly unimaginable: for hundreds of years, the British Navy ruled the world and their supremacy of the seas naturally made them dominant within the sport of rowing. With the hopes of a nation, Navy went into the center of Europe and in thrilling fashion defeated the heavily favored Brits to win the gold medal in 1920. With Glendon’s new American style, the USA won Gold for forty straight years, the longest winning streak in any single sport in Olympic history.

Rich in history, with brave characters, American ingenuity, and dramatic training and competition, THE WONDER CREW is the primary comprehensive account of the 1920 Olympic Navy crew team and their inspirational coach who forged the dramatic story in their quest for Olympic gold.


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