South San Francisco, CA July 22, 2023 Press Release
“Cradle of Champions” Chronicles the Peninsula’s Best
“Cradle of Champions,” a new book focusing on significant events, important figures and outstanding achievements in the history of San Mateo County athletics, is now available.
The book, which is sub-titled “A Selected History of San Mateo County Sports,” is authored by John Horgan, a career journalist who has spent 60 years writing about the county’s athletes, coaches, teams, administrators and others associated with competitive sports on the Peninsula and beyond.
“Cradle of Champions” features a trove of information in its 161 pages: 75 stories, 130 photos, 35 lists, 500 names, 40,000-plus words.
Those pages embrace copious statistics and data points involving a wide range of home-grown stars, including: Tom Brady, Tom Martinez, Wendy Brown, Bill Walsh, Mimi Arnold, John Naber, Pat Winslow Connolly, Dick Vermeil, Barry Bonds, Ann Kiyomura, Lynn Swann, Erik Van Dillen and a host of others.
The book, edited and published in concert with the San Mateo County Historical Association, also serves as a complement to the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame, located at the county’s History Museum in downtown Redwood City.
A book-signing event is scheduled for Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. at the museum, located at 2200 Broadway, Redwood City.
“Cradle of Champions” is available for sale at the museum’s bookstore for $19.99. It can also be purchased online at https://historysmc.org/online-store (as of July 27). All proceeds benefit the museum.
Contact the museum at 650-299-0104 for more information.
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San Mateo County Historical Association
2200 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 94063
650.299.0104
info@historysmc.org
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The San Mateo County History Museum will present author John Horgan at 1 p.m. on August 4, who will discuss his recently published book: Cradle of Champions: A Selected History of San Mateo County Sports.
Horgan’s presentation will take place during the Museum’s “First Free Friday’s” monthly event, meaning there will be no admission charge for the museum that day.
John has been writing about Peninsula sports since 1963. He was the Sports Editor for the San Mateo Times between 1989 and 1996.
A book signing will follow the presentation.
The Museum is located at 2200 Broadway in Redwood City. For information go to http://www.historysmc.org.