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Fields of honor : the golden age of college football and the men who created it / Sally Pont.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pont, Sally.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Football coaches--United States--Biography.
- Football coaches.
- Football--Coaching.
- History.
- United States.
- Football--Coaching--United States--History.
- Football.
- College sports--United States--History.
- College sports.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, [2001]
- Summary:
- An insiders look at the founding fathers of college football and a journey back to a simpler time when helmets had no face guards, and strategy and sportsmanship ruled the gridiron. Photos.
- Contents:
- Preface: Love xiii
- Part I Dawn
- 1 Who's Your Daddy? 3
- 2 The Relationship Between Mind and Heart 13
- 3 Knowledge Worth Knowing 23
- 4 Little Brother 33
- 5 Wunderkind 45
- 6 Full Circle 57
- 7 The Coach and the Man 67
- 8 Loyalty 77
- 9 Luck 89
- Part II Twilight
- 10 Moves 103
- 11 Irony 115
- 12 Knowing 127
- 13 Home 141
- 14 Character 151
- 15 Daughters 161
- 16 Heart 171
- 17 One Scrappy Kid 181
- 18 The Press 191
- Afterword: My Dad 201
- Memorable Games of the Golden Age 213.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0151006075
- OCLC:
- 46565132
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