Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter
ISBN: 9780812992328 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in a home dominated by her three football-obsessed older brothers and her father's relentless schedule, Jennifer Allen came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and win-at-all-costs mentality.
Buffeted by the coach's tumultuous firings and hirings, the Allen family was periodically propelled to new teams in new cities. And while her French-Tunisian mother attempted to teach Jennifer proper feminine etiquette, the author... George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washin...
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Outside the Lines: African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League
ISBN: 9780814774953 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are... Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities... |
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Slices of Orange: Great Games and Performers in Syracuse University Sports History
ISBN: 9780815608448 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the last-second heroics of Wilmeth Sidat-Singh in Archbold Stadium to the last-second heroics of Donovan McNabb in the Carrier Dome more than a half century later, this book is a chronicle of the rich tradition of Syracuse University sports.
From the last-second heroics of Wilmeth Sidat-Singh in Archbold Stadium to the last-second heroics of Donovan McNabb in the Carrier Dome more than a h...
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82,95 zł |
Shaping College Football: The Transformation of an American Sport, 1919-1930
ISBN: 9780815608868 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Shaping College Football" is the story of the intercollegiate gridiron sport in the years immediately after World War I when the game underwent monumental changes that transformed it into one of America's fundamental sporting attractions and a commercial entity that would be recognizable to any twenty-first century fan. Raymond Schmidt examines the many factors that were a part of college football's reshaping in the 1920s as universities became dependent upon the revenue being generated by football, and the sport increasingly became identified as a commercialized, big business activity....
"Shaping College Football" is the story of the intercollegiate gridiron sport in the years immediately after World War I when the game underwent monum...
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124,53 zł |
The Ghosts of Herty Field
ISBN: 9780820319599 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everyone knows about Herschel Walker, but what about George Woodruff, who, in a fogbound game against Sewanee, passed his helmet into their secondary and then handed the ball off to Hafford Hay, who ran untouched into the endzone? Athens is famed for its postgame victory parties, but who can recall the mountainous bonfire in 1910 that, when ignited, blew out every windowpane in three nearby campus buildings? Herty Field, the University of Georgia's first gridiron, is now a parking lot, but the glory lives on in this classic, fast-paced chronicle of Bulldogs' football from 1891 to 1916.
Everyone knows about Herschel Walker, but what about George Woodruff, who, in a fogbound game against Sewanee, passed his helmet into their secondary ...
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95,42 zł |
Home and Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football on the Banks of the Ohio, 1919-1934
ISBN: 9780821412374 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early in this century, growing cities seeking to promote their communities came to view the budding local football team as an agent of civic progress and took the necessary measures to see that their interests were ably represented. As a result, semiprofessional clubs such as the Ironton Tanks and the Portsmouth Spartans faced off against such legendary teams as the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. Towns scrambled to raise subscription dollars to build new stadiums, buy contracts for prospective stars, and finance the many road trips. Capturing the local color of a region as well as...
Early in this century, growing cities seeking to promote their communities came to view the budding local football team as an agent of civic progress ...
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561,95 zł |
Home and Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football on the Banks of the Ohio, 1919-1934
ISBN: 9780821412381 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A history of semiprofessional football clubs in Ohio -- the Ironton Tanks, the Portsmouth Spartans, and others -- and an intimate study of how the citizens and organizations that made up these cities worked to put themselves on the map. A history of semiprofessional football clubs in Ohio -- the Ironton Tanks, the Portsmouth Spartans, and others -- and an intimate study of how the ... |
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120,37 zł |
About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up
ISBN: 9780822958345 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an interesting book. But only Roy Blount Jr. could capture the pain, the joy, the fears, the humor in short, the heart of a championship team. In 1973, the Pittsburgh Steelers were super, but missed the bowl. Blount s portrait of a team poised to dominate the NFL for more than a decade recounts the gridiron accomplishments and off-the-field lives of players, coaches, wives, fans, and owners. About... Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the l... |
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77,77 zł |
One for the Thumb: The New Steelers Reader
ISBN: 9780822959458 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On February 5, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers joined the ranks of the elite teams in National Football League history, celebrating their fifth Super Bowl victory. From an unspectacular 7-5 start, to completing the greatest playoff run ever, to the fairy tale ending of Jerome Bettis's Hall of Fame career and the vindication of Bill Cowher's coaching tenure, the 2005 season was not only one for the thumb, but “ truly one for the ages.”
"One for the Thumb" is a collection of the best writing about the fabled franchise by local and national sportswriters, and former players. It... On February 5, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers joined the ranks of the elite teams in National Football League history, celebrating their fifth Super Bo...
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110,39 zł |
From Colts to Ravens: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Baltimore Professional Football
ISBN: 9780870334979 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step into the locker rooms, the playing fields, and the owners' offices with sportswriter John F. Steadman as he relates the fascinating tale of football in Baltimore. In scores of animated first-person accounts, the author tells it like it was: from the organization of the Colts in 1947, through the sale of the team to Bob Irsay in 1972, to the infamous trip out of the town under the cover of darkness in 1984, and finally the acquisition of a new Baltimore team, the Ravens, in 1996. Included in the telling are the player heroes--Unitas, Donovan, Moore, Berry, and others--as well as the...
Step into the locker rooms, the playing fields, and the owners' offices with sportswriter John F. Steadman as he relates the fascinating tale of footb...
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115,35 zł |
Bringing the Heat
ISBN: 9780871137722 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing the Heat is the story of one team's season-long campaign for the NFL championship, told through the personal stories of the men on the field and the coaches, managers, and owner on the sidelines. The team is the 1992 Philadelphia Eagles, a group of players assembled in the iconoclastic image of their former head coach Buddy Ryan. They are known throughout the league for their ferocious defense and for the otherworldly talents of their quarterback Randall Cunningham.
Award-winning journalist Mark Bowden gets deep inside the world of professional football in a way no writer has ever... Bringing the Heat is the story of one team's season-long campaign for the NFL championship, told through the personal stories of the men on the field ...
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83,16 zł |
When Oberlin Was King of the Gridiron: The Heisman Years
ISBN: 9780873386845 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young law graduate of the University of Pennsylvania assumed the unpaid position as coach of Oberlin College's football squad in October 1892. This "bespectacled, stoop-shouldered" young-man, as he was described by one player who saw him on his first day of coaching, was John Heisman. Brandt traces the origins of football at this renowned academic institution and the success of its students on and off the playing field, regaling readers with the stories of the fans, the players, the heroes, the rivals.
A young law graduate of the University of Pennsylvania assumed the unpaid position as coach of Oberlin College's football squad in October 1892. This ...
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142,34 zł |
Kardiac Kids: The Story of the 1980 Cleveland Browns
ISBN: 9780873387613 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A heart-pounding journey through the most exciting season in Cleveland Browns' history Every longtime Cleveland sports fan knows about "Red Right 88," the play that ended the Browns' 1980 season. Quarterback Brian Sipe's ill-fated throw, intended for tight end Ozzie Newsome, was intercepted by Oakland in the end zone, bringing to a halt Cleveland's "kardiac" campaign. In Kardiac Kids Jonathan Knight paints a portrait of the Browns' storybook 1980 season and its impact on the city of Cleveland. Knight takes us through that unforgettable year from... A heart-pounding journey through the most exciting season in Cleveland Browns' history Every longtime Cleveland sports fan ... |
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103,74 zł |
Sundays in the Pound: The Heroics and Heartbreak of the 1985-89 Cleveland Browns
ISBN: 9780873388665 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A look at the last championship seasons of the Browns Before Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore, and before the frustrating expansion years and countless front office mistakes of the twenty-first century, there were the Browns of the late 1980s. The years 1985 to 1989 saw the Cleveland Browns explode out of a decade and a half of inconsistency and mediocrity to win four American Football Conference Central Division titles and make the playoffs five straight years. Twice they came within inches of a Super Bowl appearance, led by an unforgettable cast of... A look at the last championship seasons of the Browns Before Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore, and before the frustra... |
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Afca's Defensive Football Drills
ISBN: 9780880114769 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - Defensive Line drills Developed in cooperation with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)--the leading football... |
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Notre Dame's Era of Ara
ISBN: 9780896515574 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diamond Communication's edition is a reprint in trade paperback of this previously released classic. Tom Pagna, a player under Ara Parseghian at Miami of Ohio and assistant coach for Ara at Notre Dame, offers his unique and insightful understanding of one of the most legendary -- and at times controversial -- football coaches in Fighting Irish history. Foreword by Ara Parseghian.
Diamond Communication's edition is a reprint in trade paperback of this previously released classic. Tom Pagna, a player under Ara Parseghian at Miami...
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73,94 zł |
The Phantom Letters: Motivation at Notre Dame in the Parseghian Era
ISBN: 9780896515581 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Era of Ara from 1964 through the 1974 season, a written chronicle of pre-game information, slogans, mottoes, and ideals emerged. The author was known only as the Phantom. The letters were one or two pages, written in staccato phrases, geared to thoughts that encompassed team goals and the philosophy to win. Through the past 40 years, some of the Phantom letters have been lost, but this collection, arranged from 1966 throughout, contains the great bulk of them. The
In the Era of Ara from 1964 through the 1974 season, a written chronicle of pre-game information, slogans, mottoes, and ideals emerged. The author was...
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73,94 zł |
Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys: The Greatest College Football Finishes (Since 1970) [With CD (Audio)]
ISBN: 9780896515598 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A college football fan's ultimate dream come true. Full of exciting moments.
A college football fan's ultimate dream come true. Full of exciting moments.
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121,47 zł |
The Ironmen
ISBN: 9781401090449 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel through the 1930s with author Scott Fisher and relive the amazing story of the 1939 Iowa football season. Told through the eyes of many of those who were there - players, fans, opponents - this story brings back to life the grueling season of upset victories by a Hawkeye team that came out of nowhere to capture the hearts of fans all over America and produced a Heisman Trophy winner. Become part of the era of leather helmets, drop-kicks, and "sixty-minute" players - the era of: The Ironmen.
Travel through the 1930s with author Scott Fisher and relive the amazing story of the 1939 Iowa football season. Told through the eyes of many of thos...
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87,28 zł |
The War, the Steagles and the Card-Pitts
ISBN: 9781411611986 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,06 zł |