num_pages: 238
description: This is the story of a group of unheralded athletes driven to the pinnacle of college football by a hardnosed coach whose style was right for the times. This inside look at college football in 1959 follows the Syracuse University Football Team through their remarkable season. Led by a team captain who as a young boy in Nazi Germany survived World War II, this improbable tale is at times humorous, other times poignant, but always brutally honest. It's a look back at a young black kid by the name of Ernie Davis who would blaze a trail and then tragically be gone. At the end of a decade so rich in culture, we find this unique blend of young men coming together to create a lasting moment in time.
language: English
title: '59: The Story of the 1959 Syracuse University National Championship Football Team
titlecomplete: '59: The Story of the 1959 Syracuse University National Championship Football Team
genres: Sports, Football
ratings_count: 8
places: Syracuse University
publisher: Campbell Road Press