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Author | : Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2009-09-12 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0786454164 |
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Not coincidentally, the sport of football naturally employs terms usually associated with war, such as "aerial attack," "blitz," and "trench warfare." During World War II, the United States military and colleges joined forces and fielded competitive football teams. The book highlights the Department of the Navy's role in preserving the game and football's impact on national morale and the war effort through their "lend-lease" to colleges of officer candidates, including All-America and professional players. It describes wartime college and military football throughout the globe and offers listings of college and military teams, records, scores, big games, and statistics; player and team profiles; and a glossary of period football terminology.
Author | : Wilbur D. Jones |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780786442195 |
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It's no coincidence that the sport of football employs terms usually associated with war, such as "aerial attack," "blitz," and "trench warfare." During World War II, the United States military and colleges joined forces, fielding competitive teams to prepare men for combat. This book relates the Department of the Navy's role in preserving the game and national morale through the "Lend-Lease" of officer candidates, including All-American players and professionals. It features a foreword by television commentator Beano Cook; 80 photographs and illustrations; a listing of all military teams; records, scores, and statistics of principal teams; player profiles; and a glossary of period football and military terminology.
Author | : Chris Serb |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1538124858 |
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During World War I, American army camps, navy stations and marine barracks formed football's first true all-star teams, competing against each other and top colleges while raising millions of dollars for the war effort. More than fifty college football hall-of-famers, dozens of future generals, and two Medal of Honor winners would play for, coach, or promote military teams during the war, including Dwight Eisenhower, Walter Camp, and George Halas. In War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL, Chris Serb recounts a fascinating chapter of military and sports history. He details three of the best but long-forgotten seasons of American football, when college amateurs mixed with blue-collar pros on the field of play. These games showed investors a lucrative market for teams of post-collegiate stars and made players realize that their football careers didn’t have to end after college. Soon the barriers to professionalism began to fall, and within two years of the Armistice the National Football League was born. War Football explores for the first time this lost chapter of sports history and makes a direct connection between World War I and the founding of the NFL. Seven future Hall-of-Famers led the charge of more than 200 military veterans who played in, coached for, and shaped the character of the young league. Football fans, sports historians, and military historians alike will find this book a fascinating read.
Author | : John Feinstein |
Publisher | : Little Brown |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : College sports |
ISBN | : 9780316277365 |
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Brings to life one of college football's oldest and most heated rivalries through the 1994 season, explaining the struggles faced by each team.
Author | : John Feinstein |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2014-11-25 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0316378046 |
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Feinstein follows the Army and Navy football teams through the 1994 season, culminating with an account of the dramatic December face-off, and brings to life one of the oldest and most heated rivalries in American sport.
Author | : Todd Anton |
Publisher | : Triumph Books |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623683092 |
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More than any other sport, professional football contributed fighting men to the battles of World War II, and the 22 or so players or former players that lost their lives are among the riveting stories told in this tribute to football's war heroes that spans many decades and military conflicts. The National Football League counts three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients among its honors, along with numerous Silver Stars, Distinguished Flying Crosses, and Purple Hearts. When Football Went to War offers a ground-breaking look at football—college and professional football alike—and many of the wartime heroes who came off the field of play to fight for their country. Detailed biographies of those who gave their lives are supplemented by many other stories of wartime heroism, from World War I through to Pat Tillman's tragic death in the Global War on Terrorism. Football has become the most popular sport in America and this heartfelt book honors the many sacrifices of NFL athletes over the years in service of their country.
Author | : Randy Roberts |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 054751106X |
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"A Team for America" is the story of how the 1944 West Point football team went undefeated, captivating and inspiring the nation in the process.
Author | : Bill McWilliams |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811768732 |
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In late November 1941, two college football teams—Willamette University and San Jose State—set sail for Honolulu for a series of games with the University of Hawaii. Instead of a festive few weeks of football and fun, the players found themselves caught up in the first days of the United States’ war with Japan. For two weeks after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, the young men were recruited to dig and man trenches, string barbed wire, guard hotels, and join patrols as martial law took hold in Honolulu. They arrived home on Christmas Day after a dangerous journey back across the Pacific. Almost all of the players would go on to fight in the war. This is a different kind of war story, blending battle and gridiron—along with a strong dose of human interest, of college-aged young men unexpectedly caught up in the world war. This is a story of war and football, of Pearl Harbor and the first moments of the U.S. in World War II. It is a story of the very first days of World War II as experienced by a group of young men who witnessed it firsthand—and would soon be fighting it (indeed, who were already fighting it). This is a story of heroism, courage, self-sacrifice, and duty in the maelstrom of war.
Author | : John Feinstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : SPORTS & RECREATION |
ISBN | : 9780316378079 |
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Feinstein follows the Army and Navy football teams through the 1994 season, culminating with an account of the dramatic December face-off, and brings to life one of the oldest and most heated rivalries in American sport.
Author | : Steve Eubanks |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2013-10-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0062202839 |
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All American is Steve Eubanks inspiring story of two football rivals who faced each other in the momentous 2001 Army-Navy Game who would both go on to serve in the United States military in the Iraq War. In December, 2001, as fires still burned beneath the World Trade Center ruins, West Point cadet Chad Jenkins and Naval Academy midshipman Brian Stann faced off at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia in what would become the most-watched college football game of the decade: the matchup between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen. With his team down by thirteen points, Stann, a Navy linebacker, came into contact with Jenkins, the Army quarterback, for the first time, landing a perfect tackle. Though these two players would not meet again for another decade, Stann and Jenkins shared the same path: both went to war, led soldiers, and witnessed and participated in events they never imagined possible. A moving and fascinating dual profile of honor, duty, courage, and competition, illustrated with photos, All American is a thoughtful exploration of American character and values, embodied in the lives of two remarkable young men.