num_pages: 278
description: The best history of the Washington Redskins has gotten even better with this new updated edition. Now you'll find: An Expanded Introduction by the inimitable Tom Boswell A New Chapter on the Snyder Years by Liz Clarke and Mark Maske New Color and Black-and-White photos Updated compilations of all the Games and all the palyers since 1937 A New Trivia Quiz to test how much you really know Indeed, You'll find lots about the home team in this book that few know well or at all. Are you familiar with the great Redskins team captain whose playing career ended when he injured himself running off the field after a coin toss? Can you name the head coach who had the best winning percentage in Washigton Redskins history (no,it wasn't Joe Gibbs) and which had the worst? Do you know which players made up the Papoose Backfield? Or the Washington coach who invented the screen pass? You'll learn about this and much more: How legendary quarterback Sammy Baugh got the name "Slingin' Sammy" from playing baseball, not football The innovations and bigotry of George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to intergrate his team and the one who had "Dixie" played before games President Nixon's 1971 play-calling suggestion for a key playoff game that the Redskins lost
title: The New Updated Edition Redskins: A History of Washington's Team
titlecomplete: The New Updated Edition Redskins: A History of Washington's Team
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Washington Post Books