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In their own words, the pioneers and legends of professional football tell of the early glory years of the National Football League. From the 1920s through the 1940s, pro football players were paid only hundreds of dollars per game and rarely had substitutes. The conditions and times of this era are vividly recalled by such players as Red Grange, Johnny Blood, Clarke Hinkle, Ace Parker, Shipwreck Kelly, Mel Hein, Sammy Baugh, Don Hutson, and Sid Luckman. The players also reveal personal glimpses of how they got started in football, the conditions on the field, their life away from it, and...

It is Cornwall in 1797. The winter is harsh. There are many shipwrecks. Smuggling is rife in the bays and inlets of the rugged coast. Revenue men patrol in teams. England is at war with France. The navy needs sailors, press-gangs are at work. Inland, both tin mines and china clay pits are employing workmen in dangerous conditions for very little reward. John Wesley's message is gaining in popularity among the poor, but hated by the gentry. Young Martha Baines is widowed when her husband is killed by the revenue patrol. With no obvious means of support she is prey to the evil ways of Rawdon, a...