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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]
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV951.5 .R64 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 249 pages : illustrations; 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
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) 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.
- ISBN
- 9780786499465
- 078649946X
- 9781476622286 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015036285
- OCLC
- ocn938345567
- 938345567
- SCSB-1844204
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library