Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl
Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl

Author: Joseph S. Page

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-12-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786448098

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While the Super Bowl has become a worldwide cultural event, the annual league championship games had a long history even before the first Super Bowl in January, 1967. From the first American Football League's attempt to settle the league title on the gridiron in 1926 to the separate NFL and AFL championships of the 1965 season, this history offers a narrative of each game, including line-ups, box scores and team statistics.

Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl
Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl

Author: Joseph S. Page

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0786457856

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While the Super Bowl has become a worldwide cultural event, the annual league championship games had a long history even before the first Super Bowl in January, 1967. From the first American Football League's attempt to settle the league title on the gridiron in 1926 to the separate NFL and AFL championships of the 1965 season, this history offers a narrative of each game, including line-ups, box scores and team statistics.

The 1951 Los Angeles Rams
The 1951 Los Angeles Rams

Author: George Bozeka

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-04-25

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1476678421

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The 1951 Los Angeles Rams were one of the greatest teams in professional football history. Led by pioneer owner Daniel Reeves, head coach Joe Stydahar, and future Hall of Famers Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, Elroy Hirsch, Tom Fears, and Andy Robustelli, the team won the NFL championship of that season. In doing this, they defeated the defending champion Cleveland Browns in a fantastic rematch of the 1950 title game. The Rams were the first team in a major professional sports league to relocate to the West Coast, forever changing the face of the NFL and professional sports in America. Fueled by an exciting and accomplished lineup of veteran star players and impactful rookies, the product of the Rams' innovative scouting system and their reintegration of the NFL in 1946, the Rams successfully married the NFL to the glamorous world of Hollywood. Delve into the story of the '51 Rams, the NFL's First West Coast Champions.

America's Game
America's Game

Author: Michael MacCambridge

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2008-11-26

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 0307481433

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It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action is ideally suited to television and whose sensibilities perfectly fit the modern age. America’s Game traces pro football’s grand transformation, from the World War II years, when the NFL was fighting for its very existence, to the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, when labor disputes and off-field scandals shook the game to its core, and up to the sport’s present-day preeminence. A thoroughly entertaining account of the entire universe of professional football, from locker room to boardroom, from playing field to press box, this is an essential book for any fan of America’s favorite sport.

Pro Football's Dream Teams
Pro Football's Dream Teams

Author: Michael Sandler

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 193608824X

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Introduces the NFL's best current teams, including the Indianapolis Colts, the New England Patriots, the New Orleans Saints, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Football in Action
Football in Action

Author: John Crossingham

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780778701668

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This book introduces the techniques, rules, equipment, and safety requirements of football.

The Score Takes Care of Itself
The Score Takes Care of Itself

Author: Bill Walsh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-08-20

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1101109017

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The last lecture on leadership by the NFL's greatest coach: Bill Walsh Bill Walsh is a towering figure in the history of the NFL. His advanced leadership transformed the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a legendary dynasty. In the process, he changed the way football is played. Prior to his death, Walsh granted a series of exclusive interviews to bestselling author Steve Jamison. These became his ultimate lecture on leadership. Additional insights and perspective are provided by Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and others. Bill Walsh taught that the requirements of successful leadership are the same whether you run an NFL franchise, a fortune 500 company, or a hardware store with 12 employees. These final words of 'wisdom by Walsh' will inspire, inform, and enlighten leaders in all professions.

The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl

Author: Matt Doeden

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2017-08

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1512427543

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The Super Bowl is the most popular US sporting event. This book features great plays and notable moments, as well as the pomp and spectacle associated with the biggest game of the year.

The Cleveland Rams
The Cleveland Rams

Author: James C. Sulecki

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-10-12

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0786499435

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"The first book to examine the history of the Cleveland Rams and the context surrounding the team's move to Los Angeles. The research is thorough...recommended"--Mind's Eye Press. In 2016 the Rams left St. Louis for Los Angeles--having departed L.A. for St. Louis in 1995--and caused much heartbreak among fans. NFL teams are notorious for decamping to more profitable markets and the Rams' history of opportunistic moves goes back to 1946, when they left Cleveland, their original hometown, where fans had cheered them to a championship a month earlier. The move to L.A. from Cleveland shocked the NFL and shook up its power structure. It also jolted the all-white league into reintegration, prepared the way for the Browns, and made the Rams the only NFL champs ever to have spent the following season in a different city. This is the story of how the Rams went from a home-grown Ohio team funded by local businessmen to the first major-league franchise on the West Coast, and how their departure jumpstarted a chain of events in Cleveland that continues to this day.