CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early History of Football
The Game Emerges
Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football
Walter Camp
Managing the Violence of the Game
Expansion and Reform
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Sport and Spectacle
College Football’s Golden Age
Red Grange and Professionalism
Red Grange
The Creation of Bowl Games
Knute Rockne and the Influence of Coaches
Pop Warner
Chapter 2: The Changing Face of Football
Birth and Early Growth of Professional Football
Jim Thorpe
The Racial Transformation of American Football
Fritz Pollard
The Era of Television
Scholarships and the Student Athlete
Bowl Games and the National Championship
The BCS
Ascendance of the NFL
Showmanship on the Field
Franchise Shifts and Free Agency
The History of Canadian Football
Chapter 3: Playing the Game
The Basics
Play in Canada
Scoring
Time
Rules and Penalties
Officiating
Tactical Developments
George Halas
Chapter 4: The National Football League (NFL)
The National Football Conference (NFC)
NFC East
Bob Lilly
Sammy Baugh
NFC Central
Bronko Nagurski
Bart Starr
NFC South
Drew Brees
NFC West
Deacon Jones
Bill Walsh
The American Football Conference (AFC)
AFC East
Larry Csonka
Joe Namath
AFC North
Jim Brown
Joe Greene
AFC South
Johnny Unitas
Earl Campbell
AFC West
Willie Lanier
Gene Upshaw
Super Bowl
Chapter 5: Selected Pro Football Hall of Famers, 1963 through 1990
Cal Hubbard
Don Hutson
Curly Lambeau
Ernie Nevers
Otto Graham
Sid Luckman
Chuck Bednarik
Paul Brown
Elroy Hirsch
Marion Motley
Vince Lombardi
Jim Parker
Dick Lane
Gale Sayers
Dick Butkus
Merlin Olsen
O.J. Simpson
Roger Staubach
Mike Ditka
Alan Page
Terry Bradshaw
Franco Harris
Tom Landry
Chapter 6: Selected Pro Football Hall of Famers, 1991 through the Present
John Hannah
Al Davis
Walter Payton
Tony Dorsett
Steve Largent
Don Shula
Anthony Muñoz
Mike Singletary
Eric Dickerson
Lawrence Taylor
Ronnie Lott
Joe Montana
John Elway
Barry Sanders
Dan Marino
John Madden
Reggie White
Bruce Smith
Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith
Deion Sanders
Chapter 7: Other Pro and College Football Greats
Bobby Bowden
Tom Brady
Derrick Brooks
Bear Bryant
Ernie Davis
Brett Favre
Doug Flutie
Woody Hayes
Ray Lewis
Peyton Manning
Randy Moss
Bill Parcells
Joe Paterno
Eddie Robinson
Knute Rockne
Michael Strahan
LaDainian Tomlinson
Epilogue
Appendix: Football Championship Winners
Super Bowl Results
College Football National Champions
Grey Cup Results
Glossary
Bibliography
Index