
Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football
A History to the 1960s
Jerry Roberts(Author)
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 14. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-7864-9946-5 (ISBN)
Description
Big television contracts in the 1960s created the Super Bowl, as well as the 1970 merger of the National Football League with the pass-oriented American Football League. Since then, professional football has been America's most popular televised team sport, developing into a wide-open passing game by the 21st century.
Handling the completion side of the aerial game, receivers are not often as celebrated as quarterbacks or coaches, even in the era of San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice's supremacy. This book provides a history of pro pass receiving and its influence on the game prior to the televised era.
The author studies pro football's formative and mid-20th century years, highlighting the players who pulled pigskins from flight, like the legendary Don Hutson, Gibby Welch, Johnny Blood, Ray Flaherty, Crazy Legs Hirsch, Mac Speedie, Choo Choo Roberts and many others.
Handling the completion side of the aerial game, receivers are not often as celebrated as quarterbacks or coaches, even in the era of San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice's supremacy. This book provides a history of pro pass receiving and its influence on the game prior to the televised era.
The author studies pro football's formative and mid-20th century years, highlighting the players who pulled pigskins from flight, like the legendary Don Hutson, Gibby Welch, Johnny Blood, Ray Flaherty, Crazy Legs Hirsch, Mac Speedie, Choo Choo Roberts and many others.
Reviews / Votes
"a great addition to the football scholar's library...the book is quite readable, thoroughly researched, and highly recommended"-Journal of Sport History.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
25 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9946-5 (9780786499465)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author, newspaper journalist, and film critic Jerry Roberts has authored or edited 19 books. He lives in Carson, California.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
One. Initiating the Forward Pass in American Football
Two. College Football in 1906
Three. Pop Warner at Carlisle
Four. Knute Rockne vs. Army
Five. Receiving in Pro Football's Earliest Times
Six. The NFL's Fledgling Years
Seven. The First Dynasty: Green Bay
Eight. The Chicago Bears and the T Formation
Nine. The First Receiving Superstar: Don Hutson of Green Bay
Ten. Monsters of the Midway
Eleven. The Pivotal 1943 Season and After
Twelve. Clark Shaughnessy and Offensive Firepower
Thirteen. Paul Brown in the AAFC and NFL
Fourteen. Between the AAFC and AFL: More Deep Threats Emerge
Fifteen. Tight End: Biography of a Position
Sixteen. Running Backs as Receivers
Appendix: Individual Honors
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
One. Initiating the Forward Pass in American Football
Two. College Football in 1906
Three. Pop Warner at Carlisle
Four. Knute Rockne vs. Army
Five. Receiving in Pro Football's Earliest Times
Six. The NFL's Fledgling Years
Seven. The First Dynasty: Green Bay
Eight. The Chicago Bears and the T Formation
Nine. The First Receiving Superstar: Don Hutson of Green Bay
Ten. Monsters of the Midway
Eleven. The Pivotal 1943 Season and After
Twelve. Clark Shaughnessy and Offensive Firepower
Thirteen. Paul Brown in the AAFC and NFL
Fourteen. Between the AAFC and AFL: More Deep Threats Emerge
Fifteen. Tight End: Biography of a Position
Sixteen. Running Backs as Receivers
Appendix: Individual Honors
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index