Prologue : "war football" -- George Halas sees his future -- Walter Camp's vision -- Cupid takes aim at the Northeast -- A true all-American at Camp Custer -- Camp Sherman's march through Ohio -- Beckett's Marines conquer the West -- Selling war football -- Brickley kicks for Uncle Sam -- Jock Sutherland's fighting dentists head South -- Frank Pollard, Omar Bradley, and race in war football -- Coach Ike -- The Cleveland Navy battles Pop Warner -- George Halas and the 1919 Rose Bowl -- How football helped win the war -- The AEF tournament -- Peace and college football's golden age -- War football and the birth of the NFL -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: War football players -- Appendix II: All-service teams, 1917-1919 -- Appendix III: War football records.
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