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The league that didn't exist : a history of the All-American Football Conference, 1946-1949 / Gary Webster.
Van Pelt Library GV955.5.A43 W43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster, Gary, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- All-America Football Conference--History.
- All-America Football Conference.
- Football--United States--History--20th century.
- Football.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- v, 233 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book takes a look at the NFL's challengers (and would-be challengers) from 1926 to 1945. It looks at the All-American Conference, which overcame obstacles that proved difficult for others and opened the season of 1946 with teams on the East Coast, Midwest, West Coast, and in the deep South, making it an "All-American" enterprise"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Challenging the NFL
- Ward's dream
- Battle stations
- 1946
- Exit Crowley, enter Ingram
- 1947
- For the good of the league
- 1948
- Wounded, but still alive
- 1949
- The final gun
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476665344
- 1476665346
- OCLC:
- 1073034931
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