Gael force : a century of football at Queen's / Merv Daub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daub, Mervin A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--Canada.

Football.

Golden Gaels (Football team)--History.

Golden Gaels (Football team).

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)--Football--History.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.).

Physical Description:

xvii, 282 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gael Force provides a wealth of interesting facts and engaging anecdotes as well as profiles and photographs of the coaches, captains, and players. Merv Daub takes the reader through a century of Queen's football, from the first "Dominion" championship in 1893 with Curtis and his boys, through three consecutive Grey Cup wins in the 1920s, the 1934-35 victory of the "Fearless Fourteen," the 1955 season when Gus Braccia, Ronnie Stewart, Gary Schreider, Lou Bruce, Al Kocman, "Jocko" Thompson, and the rest of that "band of merry men" brought Queen's back into the limelight, the golden years of the 1960s, to the 1978 and 1992 Vanier Cup championship seasons. Gael Force is a tribute to the long-standing football legacy at Queen's and an important historical and sociological study of college sport in Canada.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

The Early Days 1882–1914

Days of Glory The 1920s

The Dirty Thirties But Triumphs Nonetheless

The Long Climb 1945–1959

The Golden Years 1960–1969

A Time of Transition The 1970s

Over the Century Mark 1980–1994

Conclusion

Epilogue

One Hundred Years of Statistical History: A Summary

Some Individual Records and Awards

List of Interviewees

Queen’s Old Boys, 1919–1995

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85424-0

9786612854248

0-7735-6633-3