Pass receiving in early pro football
Subtitle: a history to the 1960s
By: Jerry Roberts
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786499465; 9781476622286
Subjects: Passing (Football); History
Description: " 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Initiating the Forward Pass in American Football; title: College Football in 1906; title: Pop Warner at Carlisle; title: Knute Rockne vs. Army; title: Receiving in Pro Football's Earliest Times; title: The NFL's Fledgling Years; title: The First Dynasty: Green Bay; title: The Chicago Bears and the T Formation; title: The First Receiving Superstar: Don Hutson of Green Bay; title: Monsters of the Midway; title: The Pivotal 1943 Season and After; title: The Pivotal 1943 Season and After; title: Clark Shaughnessy and Offensive Firepower; title: Paul Brown in the AAFC and NFL; title: Between the AAFC and AFL: More Deep Threats Emerge; title: Tight End: Biography of a Position; title: Running Backs as Receivers.