The 1958 Baltimore Colts : profiles of the NFL's first sudden death champions / edited by George Bozeka ; associate editors, Denis Crawford, Ron Fitch, Michael Frank, David Krell, John Maxymuk and Kenn Tomasch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Bozeka, George, editor.

Series:

Great teams in pro football history.

Great teams in pro football history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baltimore Colts (Football team).

Football.

History.

Maryland--Baltimore.

Baltimore Colts (Football team)--History.

Football--Maryland--Baltimore--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 330 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

"The 1958 Baltimore Colts were one of the greatest teams in professional football history. Their saga is a story of redemption. A talented group of players, many had been rejected, disrespected, and underappreciated at various points in their careers. This book tells the complete story of the 1958 Colts and the Charm City's love affair with the team"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The City and the Organization

Baltimore in the Fifties p. 5 / Patrick Gallivan

Owner Carroll Rosenbloom p. 13 / George Bozeka

Head Coach Weeb Ewbank p. 19 / Lee Elder

Assistant Coaches p. 26 / John W. Lesko and Bert Gambini

Building the 1958 Colts p. 34 / Matthew Keddie

The 1958 Draft p. 39 / Bert Gambini

Part 2

1958 Training Camp and Preseason p. 49 / Mark L. Ford

1958 Regular Season Game Summaries p. 59 / Rich Shmelter and Rupert Patrick and Simon Herrera

1958 NFL Championship Game p. 95 / Rupert Patrick

Final 1958 NFL Standings p. 102

1958 Colts Statistics p. 102 / Rupert Patrick

1958 Colts Superlatives p. 104 / Rupert Patrick

Part 3 The Team

Alan Ameche p. 109 / Rick Schabowski

Raymond Berry p. 117 / John Vorperian

Ordell Brasse p. 125 / Jay Zahn

Ray Brown p. 129 / Rick Gonsalves

Jack Call p. 132 / David Stan dish

Milt Davis p. 135 / Nick Ritzmann

Art DeCarlo p. 139 / Rick Schabowski

Art Donovan p. 142 / Neal Golden

L.G. Dupre p. 145 / Greg Selber

Dick Horn, Avatus Stone and Gary Kerkorian p. 148 / Mark L. Ford

Don Joyce p. 156 / Neal Golden

Ray Krouse p. 159 / Bill Lambert

Gene Lipscomb p. 163 / George Bozeka

Lenny Lyles p. 169 / Ed Gruver

Gino Marchetti p. 175 / Neal Golden

Lenny Moore p. 178 / Rich Shmelter

Jim Mutscheller p. 186 / Joseph Wancho

Steve Myhra p. 189 / Rick Gonsalves

Andy Nelson p. 194 / Joshua M. Anderson

Buzz Nutter p. 200 / Randy Snow

Jim Parker p. 202 / George Bozeka

Bill Pellington p. 208 / Nick Ritzmann

Sherman Plunkett p. 213 / John W. Lesko

George Preas p. 219 / Rick Schabowski

Billy Pricer p. 222 / John Maxymuk

Bert Rechichar p. 226 / Rick Gonsalves

Johnny Sample p. 230 / Greg Selber

Alex Sandusky p. 234 / David Standish

Leo Sanford p. 237 / Joshua M. Anderson

George Shaw p. 242 / Jay Zahn

Don Shinnick p. 248 / Nick Ritzmann

Jackie Simpson p. 253 / John Maxymuk

Art Spinney p. 257 / Bill Lambert

Dick Szymanski p. 259 / David Standish

Carl Taseff p. 262 / Joseph Wancho

Fuzzy Thurston p. 266 / Rick Schabowski

Johnny Unitas p. 269 / George Bozeka

Part 4 The Stadium

Memorial Stadium p. 281 / Matthew Keddie

The Baltimore Colts Marching Band p. 286 / Randy Snow

Part 5 The Press

Joe Croghan and Ernie Harwell p. 295 / Joe Marren

Cameron Snyder and John Steadman p. 300 / Joe Marren

Chuck Thompson and Bailey Goss p. 306 / Joe Marren

Sam Lacy p. 311 / Ed Gruver

Bob Wolff p. 317 / John Vorperian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781476671451

1476671451

OCLC:

1024256681