Creating the big game
Subtitle: John W. Heisman and the invention of American football
By: Wiley Lee Umphlett.
Series: Contributions to the study of popular culture,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Heisman, John W. 1869-1936.; Football coaches -- United States -- Biography.; Football -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: in search of a man and his game -- Young Heisman and the origins of his game (1869-1891)	-- Coach Heisman, football missionary : the game spreads (1892-1903)	-- Heisman and the coming of the forward pass (1904-1911) -- Heisman and the shaping of the modern game (1912-1919)	-- Heisman and football's golden age : the big game goes national (1920-1927) -- The inception of the Heisman trophy : memorializing the coach, the player, and their game (1928-1936) -- Epilogue : the Heisman legacy -- Appendix : "John W. Heisman's coaching record, 1892-1927".