The All-America Football Conference - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The All-America Football Conference write by Kenneth R. Crippen. This book was released on 2018-01-31. The All-America Football Conference available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The All-America Football Conference and the National Football League battled for supremacy from 1946 through 1949. In the end, the players from the AAFC, as well as three teams, were brought into the NFL. Through extensive research, the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) has corrected the statistics and coaching records, selected offensive and defensive All-Pro Teams for all four seasons and an All-Conference team, and provided brief biographies and scouting reports for the members of the All-Conference Team.
The League That Didn't Exist
The League That Didn't Exist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The League That Didn't Exist write by Gary Webster. This book was released on 2018-11-23. The League That Didn't Exist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The All-American Football Conference was the only challenger to the NFL (except for the American Football League of the 1960s) to survive more than two seasons in competition with the established league. It ultimately failed to achieve its goal of a peaceful coexistence with the NFL and folded in 1949. Its Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers, which were absorbed by the NFL in 1950, are still in business. This book takes a brief look at all of the NFL's challengers (and would-be challengers) from 1926 to 1945. It looks particularly at the All-American Conference, which overcame obstacles that proved too difficult for others and opened the 1946 season with teams on the East Coast, in the Midwest, on the West Coast, and in the deep South, making it a truly "All-American" enterprise. Each season and off-season is examined in detail.
The Original Buffalo Bills
The Original Buffalo Bills - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Original Buffalo Bills write by Kenneth R. Crippen. This book was released on 2009-11-10. The Original Buffalo Bills available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League are known for having a fervent fan base. The team had such an impact on the city and on professional football that franchise owner Ralph Wilson, when searching for a home for his American Football Leagueteam, settled in Buffalo and named the team in honor of the original Bills"--Provided by publisher.
America's Game
America's Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Game write by Michael MacCambridge. This book was released on 2008-11-26. America's Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action is ideally suited to television and whose sensibilities perfectly fit the modern age. America’s Game traces pro football’s grand transformation, from the World War II years, when the NFL was fighting for its very existence, to the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, when labor disputes and off-field scandals shook the game to its core, and up to the sport’s present-day preeminence. A thoroughly entertaining account of the entire universe of professional football, from locker room to boardroom, from playing field to press box, this is an essential book for any fan of America’s favorite sport.
Football
Football - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Football write by Mark F. Bernstein. This book was released on 2001-09-19. Football available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mark Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. With their long winning streaks, distinctive traditions, and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. In so doing they have helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life.
