By Garry Allison

This book by former Lethbridge Herald sports editor Garry Allison tells the stories of southern Alberta’s most famous sports teams, including the Broder Chinooks (Canadian senior basketball powerhouse of the early 1960s) and Lethbridge Maple Leafs (world amateur ice hockey champs 1951). Chapters are devoted to individual athletes, rodeo stars and Indigenous sportspersons from Kainai and Piikani Nations. Allison also relates behind-the-scenes stories from the city’s annual Kinsmen Sportsmen Dinners which feature a who’s who of famous athletes from boxers Rocky Marciano and Jake LaMotta to track and field Olympian Jesse Owens.