Mark L. Ford

A History of NFL Preseason and Exhibition Games

1960 to 1985

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides information on every NFL and AFL preseason game played from 1960 to 1985. Interesting events, significant games, key players, new rules, and off-season developments are all detailed, making this a unique and important reference for fans and historians alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781442238909
• ISBN-10: 1442238909
• Artikelnr.: 40922980

Autorenporträt

By Mark L. Ford

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. 1920-1959: Before They Were Called
"Preseason Games" 2. 1960: A First for Almost Everything 3. 1961:
Confronting the Segregated South 4. 1962: Experiments in Atlanta, Fort
Worth, and Cleveland 5. 1963: Kickers and Paper Lions 6. 1964: A Soccer
Player Changes American Football 7. 1965: AFL versus NFL, NBC versus CBS 8.
1966: Last Chance to Get in on the Merger 9. 1967: The Summer of Upsets 10.
1968: Don't Call Them "Exhibitions" 11. 1969: A Final Summer for the AFL
12. 1970: One League, Twenty-Six Teams, One Strange Summer 13. 1971: New
Stadiums, New England 14. 1972: Too Many Injuries 15. 1973: Playing for
Kicks 16. 1974: New Rules, New Competition; No Freedom, No Football 17.
1975: Work Stoppages and Walkouts 18. 1976: A Surfeit of Preseason 19.
1977: No More Barnstorming 20. 1978: Out with Six and Fourteen, in with
Four and Sixteen 21. 1979: Reconfiguring for the 1980s 22. 1980: Raiders on
the Move 23. 1981: Raiders Staying Put 24. 1982: Solidarity Handshakes 25.
1983: Taking the Show to England 26. 1984: The "No Fun League" 27. 1985: On
the Threshold of a New Era Bibliography Index About the Author