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Football's Stars of Summer
Raymond Schmidt
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Description for Football's Stars of Summer
Hardback. Football's Stars of Summer reviews each year of this classic series, including the excitement of selecting the college players; the frequent battles between the two sides over game rules; and the All-Stars' grueling pre-game training camps in the heat of summer, that often produced plenty of surprises for everyone. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
On August 31, 1934, the first College All-Star Football Game was played at Soldier Field in Chicago. This gridiron spectacular series, which continued until 1976, served as a major factor in the popularization and growth of professional football into its current position as the "National Game" of the United States. Football's Stars of Summer reviews each year of this classic series, including the excitement of selecting the college players; the frequent battles between the two sides over game rules; and the All-Stars' grueling pre-game training camps in the heat of summer, that often produced plenty of surprises for everyone. ... Read more
On August 31, 1934, the first College All-Star Football Game was played at Soldier Field in Chicago. This gridiron spectacular series, which continued until 1976, served as a major factor in the popularization and growth of professional football into its current position as the "National Game" of the United States. Football's Stars of Summer reviews each year of this classic series, including the excitement of selecting the college players; the frequent battles between the two sides over game rules; and the All-Stars' grueling pre-game training camps in the heat of summer, that often produced plenty of surprises for everyone. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
American Sports History Series
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840270
SKU
V9780810840270
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About Raymond Schmidt
Raymond Schmidt is also the author of the " Two-Eyed League: The Illinois-Iowa of 1890-1892" . He has published numerous articles on sports and he is the editor of the College Football Historical Society Journal.
Reviews for Football's Stars of Summer
The book provides an outstanding lesson in the economics of the sport.
Jim Campbell, Bucknell University
Jim Campbell, Bucknell University