Third down and a war to go / Terry Frei ; foreword by David Maraniss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frei, Terry, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wisconsin Badgers (Football team)--History.

Wisconsin Badgers (Football team).

University of Wisconsin--Football--History.

University of Wisconsin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Impressively researched and reported and powerfully written, Third Down and a War to Go will put you in the huddle, in the front lines, and in a state of profound gratitude--not only to the Badgers and the hundreds of thousands of veterans like them, but to Terry Frei." --Neal Rubin, The Detroit News On December 11, 1941, All-American football player Dave Schreiner wrote to his parents, "I'm not going to sit here snug as a bug, playing football, when others are giving their lives for their country. . . . If everyone tried to stay out of it, what a fine country we'd have!" Schreiner didn't stay out of it. Neither did his Wisconsin Badger teammates, including friend and cocaptain Mark "Had" Hoskins and standouts "Crazylegs" Hirsch and Pat Harder. After that legendary 1942 season, the Badgers scattered to serve, fight, and even die around the world. This fully revised edition of the popular hardcover includes follow-up research and updates about many of the '42 Badgers, plus a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Maraniss. Readers and reviewers agree: Terry Frei's heart-wrenching story of Schreiner and his band of brothers is much more than one team's tale. It's an All-American story. 2005 Honorable Mention in Recreation/Sports from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association.

Contents:

Wisconsin Badgers roster and schedule xiii

Prologue xvi

The Lancaster boys 1

Day of infamy 17

What now? 21

Hirsch and harder 25

The little general 35

The '42 Badgers 41

Getting ready 55

Gainful employment 58

Camp Grant 61

Notre Dame 67

Marquette 75

Missouri 81

Great Lakes and crazy legs 87

Purdue 94

Ohio State 97

Iowa 110

Northwestern 117

Minnesota 123

So close 131

Off to serve 138

The last mission 147

Flyers 156

Stalag Luft iii 161

Guadalcanal 167

On to Germany 173

V-E 179

Okinawa 186

V-J 204

Badgers again 211

Epilogue 216

Lives and deaths 220

Game by game 234

Season statistics 244

Badger lettermen 245

Sources and credits 246.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87020-556-0