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Author:

Revsine, Dave.

Title:

The opening kickoff : the tumultuous birth of a football nation / Dave Revsine.

Publisher:

Lyons Pressan imprint of Globe Pequot Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xv, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Football--History.
College sports.
Football--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-294) and index.

Contents:

"Football day" -- The Kangaroo Kicker -- From scrummage to scrimmage -- Mass plays and mass popularity -- To Madison -- The challenge of amateurism -- "The most mischievous offender of the year" -- The rise of the football media -- "Bigger than any of Pillsbury's great mills" -- "There's murder in that game" -- Slugball -- "There's money in it" -- "They all know Stagg was a sham" -- East vs. West -- A premature end -- "The most disgraceful scandal ever known" -- "The silent protest of the nineteen graves" -- Football's new rules.

Summary:

"By the face of The Big Ten Network, the story of the creation of the college football nation from 1890 to 1915, the intense media coverage, the academic fraud, recruiting scandals, shocking violence, new sports superstars, and the manifest destiny of football out of the Ivy League and to the Great Midwest"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0762791772 (hardback)
9780762791774 (hardback) :

LCCN:

2014011013

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

XNPC367 -- Hamburg Public Library (Hamburg)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)