# Willie Steele
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William Samuel Steele (July 14, 1923 – September 19, 1989) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Steele won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1948 London Olympics. A two-time USA Outdoor champion, Steele was the 1948 Olympic Trials champion and a two-time NCAA long jump champion.
S5E2: A Conversation with Dr. Willie Steele - English Professor, Author, and the World's Foremost W.P. Kinsella Expert
In this episode of Bison Talk we spoke with Dr. Willie Steele, Lipscomb English professor, author, and the world’s foremost W.P. Kinsella scholar. During our conversation, we worked our way through Steele’s career, including his road to becoming a Kinsella expert, what it’s like to write a biograph…
Yes We Are Overrating One Game!
On today's episode of The Beat Of Sports:
- Double shot Tuesday
- Jalen Suggs debut
- Paul Kennedy - Bobby Bowden
- Matt Murschel - College Football
- The News
- Betting on yourself
- Willie Steele - Field of Dreams
- Notes and Quotes
#16 HumanDocs turns 10
Guest host Willie Steele, professor of English, talks with professors Ted Parks and Matt Hearn, about the decade of Lipscomb’s HumanDocs Series and the impact it has made on campus and in the community.
#7: Play Ball! If You Write It They Will Read
English professor Willie Steele's new book blends his passion for baseball with an unlikely friendship with author W. P. Kinsella, whose novel "Shoeless Joe" was the inspiration for the iconic baseball movie "Field of Dreams."
Yes We Are Overrating One Game!
On today's episode of The Beat Of Sports:
- Double shot Tuesday
- Jalen Suggs debut
- Paul Kennedy - Bobby Bowden
- Matt Murschel - College Football
- The News
- Betting on yourself
- Willie Steele - Field of Dreams
- Notes and Quotes
Willie Steele: writer, professor and aspiring knuckleballer
When the other kids wanted to watch Indiana Jones, Willie Steele took a chance on a baseball movie instead. He didn't know it at the time, but watching Field of Dreams by himself in 1989 would alter the trajectory of his life. He would go on to write his master's thesis about Shoeless Joe, the nove…
Special Episode: 'The Final Question'
At the end of every Banner & Company episode — the very end, after the credits have rolled and the theme music fades out — there's a little hidden feature that regular listeners are likely familiar with. We call it "the final question," and it's when we ask our guest to pull a slip of paper from a …
Willie Steele, a Late Start Becomes A Lifelong Music Career
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He didn’t grow up with a band room, a stack of records, or a family cheering him on. Willie Steele grew up hearing “get a job,” drove lumber trucks, and only started taking guitar lessons at 30. Somehow, that late start turns into a lifelong working career where his name becomes sh…
Willie Steele: Writer, Professor and Aspiring Knuckleball Pitcher
When the other kids wanted to watch Indiana Jones, Willie Steele took a chance on a baseball movie instead. He didn't know it at the time, but watching Field of Dreams by himself in 1989 would alter the trajectory of his life. He would go on to write his master's thesis about Shoeless Joe, the nove…
296 - The 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference w/ Willie Steele plus We Don't Like AI Music
Professor Willie Steele (Lipscomb) joins us this week to discuss the forthcoming 9-Online Virtual Baseball Conference. Steele is a conference co-director and past editor of NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture. Steele is also an expert on the works of W. P. Kinsella ("Shoeless Joe") so nat…
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