Rob Ruck

Rob Ruck is an American historian and author. He is a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.

Books

 * Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL (The New Press, 2018)
 * Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game (Beacon Press, 2011)
 * Rooney: A Sporting Life (with Maggie Jones Patterson and Michael Weber) (University of Nebraska Press, 2010)
 * The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic (University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
 * Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (University of Illinois Press, 1993)
 * Steve Nelson, American Radical (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981) with Steve Nelson and James Barrett

Television

 * The Republic of Baseball: Dominican Giants of the American Game (with Dan Manatt) (PBS: 2006–2008)