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Pass receiving in early pro football : a history to the 1960s
- Title
- Pass receiving in early pro football : a history to the 1960s / Jerry Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Jerry, 1956-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-1888 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 249 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book provides a history of pro pass receiving and its influence on the game prior to the televised era. The author studies pro football's formative and mid-20th century years, highlighting the players who pulled pigskins from flight"--
- Subject
- Passing (Football) > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Initiating the Forward Pass in American Football -- College Football in 1906 -- Pop Warner at Carlisle -- Knute Rockne vs. Army -- Receiving in Pro Football's Earliest Times -- The NFL's Fledgling Years -- The First Dynasty: Green Bay -- The Chicago Bears and the T Formation -- The First Receiving Superstar: Don Hutson of Green Bay -- Monsters of the Midway -- The Pivotal 1943 Season and After -- The Pivotal 1943 Season and After -- Clark Shaughnessy and Offensive Firepower -- Paul Brown in the AAFC and NFL -- Between the AAFC and AFL: More Deep Threats Emerge -- Tight End: Biography of a Position -- Running Backs as Receivers.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-1888
- ISBN
- 9780786499465
- 078649946X
- 9781476622286 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015036285
- OCLC
- 938345567
- Author
- Roberts, Jerry, 1956- author.
- Title
- Pass receiving in early pro football : a history to the 1960s / Jerry Roberts.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-1888