A Guide to American Football
Author: Ken Thomas
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780856135712
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Author: Ken Thomas
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780856135712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rupert Patrick
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2021-03-05
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1476682879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on the author's 30-year study of football statistics, this book presents new methods for analyzing the game in different ways. An examination of known distances for missed field goals offers an accurate method for evaluating placekickers. Reassessments of punters and running backs are included, along with an overhaul of the NFL's passer rating system. Topics previously unexplored through statistics are covered, such as momentum, defining "What is a dynasty?" and "What is a Cinderella team?"
Author: Joe Namath
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780330301152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kenneth R. Crippen
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2018-01-31
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1476670951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe All-America Football Conference and the National Football League battled for supremacy from 1946 through 1949. In the end, the players from the AAFC, as well as three teams, were brought into the NFL. Through extensive research, the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) has corrected the statistics and coaching records, selected offensive and defensive All-Pro Teams for all four seasons and an All-Conference team, and provided brief biographies and scouting reports for the members of the All-Conference Team.
Author: Ken Thomas
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780356147123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mario Longoria
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-02-21
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1476668868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1927 Cuban national Ignacio S. Molinet was recruited to play with the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the old NFL for a single season. Mexican national Jose Martinez-Zorrilla achieved 1932 All-American honors. These are the beginnings of the Latino experience in American Football, which continues amidst a remarkable and diversified setting of Hispanic nationalities and ethnic groups. This history of Latinos in American Football dispels the myths that baseball, boxing, and soccer are the chosen and competent sports for Spanish-surname athletes. The book documents their fascination for the sport that initially denied their participation but that could not discourage their determination to master the game.
Author: John Grasso
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2013-06-13
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 0810878577
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada. The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.
Author: Roger R Tamte
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2018-07-25
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 0252050274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWalter Camp made the development of football—indeed, its very creation—his lifelong mission. From his days as a college athlete, Camp's love of the game and dedication to its future put it on the course that would allow it to seize the passions of the nation. Roger R. Tamte tells the engrossing but forgotten life story of Walter Camp, the man contemporaries called "the father of American football." He charts Camp's leadership as American players moved away from rugby and for the first time tells the story behind the remarkably inventive rule change that, in Camp's own words, was "more important than all the rest of the legislation combined." Trials also emerged, as when disputes over forward passing, the ten-yard first down, and other rules became so public that President Theodore Roosevelt took sides. The resulting political process produced losses for Camp as well as successes, but soon a consensus grew that football needed no new major changes. American football was on its way, but as time passed, Camp's name and defining influence became lost to history. Entertaining and exhaustively researched, Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football weaves the life story of an important sports pioneer with a long-overdue history of the dramatic events that produced the nation's most popular game.
Author: Richard J. Shmelter
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0786484675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the definitive reference work on the NFL's Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Part I is a season-by-season review, covering each game and player from every campaign. Part II includes a complete all-time roster of players and coaches, with biographical information, along with information on all draft picks, schedules, and individual awards and honors. Part III covers the characters, from executives to cheerleaders, who made the Raiders one of the most colorful organizations in professional sports, and details the franchise's historic stadiums and uniforms.
Author: Sarah Hull
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 787
ISBN-13: 1409359719
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