Edward J Rielly

Football

An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Edward J. Rielly is a professor of English at Saint Joseph¿s College in Standish, Maine. He is the author of several books, including Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, available in a Bison Books edition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 153mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 607g
• ISBN-13: 9780803290129
• ISBN-10: 0803290128
• Artikelnr.: 26408274

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Rielly is a professor of English at Saint Joseph's College in Standish, Maine. He is the author of several books, including Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, available in a Bison Books edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface    
African Americans (College)  
African Americans (Professional)   
Agents     
All-America Football Conference    
American Football League () 
American Football League ()   
American Indians 
Apparel    
Arctic Football  
Arena Football   
AstroTurf  
Autry, Carlos Alan (b. 1952) 
Baugh, Samuel Adrian (Slingin' Sammy, the Texas Tornado) (19142008)
Bednarik, Charles Philip (Concrete Charlie) (b. 1925)
Belichick, William Stephen (b. 1952)     
Big Hit    
Black College Football 
Bowden, Robert Cleckler (Bobby) (b. 1929)
Bowl Games 
Bradshaw, Terry Paxton (b. 1948)   
Brady, Thomas Edward, Jr. (b. 1977)
Brown, James Nathaniel (b. 1936)   
Brown, Johnny Mack (the Dothan Antelope) (19041974)    
Brown, Paul Eugene (19081991)  
Bryant, Paul William (Bear) (19131983)     
Camp, Walter Chauncey (the Father of American Football) (18591925) 
Canadian Football League     
Canton Bulldogs  
Carlisle Indian Industrial School  
Celebrations     
Cheating   
Cheerleaders     
Coin Toss  
Commercials and Advertisements     
Commissioners    
Concussions
Cosell, Howard William (19181995)    
Crime
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders  
Davis, Allen (Al) (b. 1929)  
Davis, Ernie (the Elmira Express) (19391963)     
Disabilities     
Ditka, Michael Keller, Jr. (Iron Mike, Da Coach) (b. 1939) 
Dogfighting
Downtown Athletic Club 
Draft
Drive, The 
Dropkick   
Education  
Eliot, Charles William (18341926)    
Elway, John Albert (b. 1960) 
Equipment  
Extreme Football 
Eyeglasses 
Falwell, Jerry Lamon (19332007)
Fantasy Football 
Favre, Brett Lorenzo (b. 1969)     
Films
Fitzgerald, F. (Francis) Scott Key (18961940)    
Flag Football    
Flying Wedge     
Forward Pass     
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame  
Friday Night Lights    
Gambling   
Gangs and Street Violence    
Gibbs, Joe Jackson (b. 1940) 
Gifford, Frank Newton (the Giffer) (b. 1930)   
Gil Thorp  
Gipp, George (the Gipper) (18951920) 
Globalism  
Golden Dome
Graham, Otto Everett, Jr. (Automatic Otto) (19212003)  
Grambling State University   
Grandfathers     
Grange, Harold Edward (Red, the Galloping Ghost) (19031991)  
Greatest Game    
Greene, Charles Edward Joseph (Mean Joe) (b. 1946)   
Gridiron   
Gun Violence     
"Hail Mary" Pass 
Halas, George Stanley (Papa Bear) (18951983)     
Hall of Fame (College) 
Hall of Fame (Professional)  
Hay, Ralph E. (18911944) 
Hayes, Wayne Woodrow (Woody) (19131987)    
Heffelfinger, William W. (Pudge) (18671954)
Heisman, John William (18691936)     
Heisman Trophy   
Hirsch, Elroy Leon (Crazylegs) (19232004)  
Hnida, Katharine Anne (Katie) (b. 1981)  
Holy Roller
Hornung, Paul Vernon (the Golden Boy) (b. 1935)
Hudson, Donald Edward (b. 1929)    
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy  
Ice Bowl   
Immaculate Reception   
Instant Replay   
Internet   
Ivy League 
Jackson, Vincent Edward (Bo) (b. 1962)   
Jewelry (Bling)  
Katrina (Hurricane)    
Kennedy, John F., Assassination of 
Kerouac, Jack (Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) (19221969)
Kickoffs   
Korean War 
Labor-Management Relations   
Landry, Thomas Wade (19242)    
Language   
Leahy, Francis William (Frank) (19081973)  
Literature 
Little Rock Central Tigers   
Lombardi, Vincent Thomas (19131970)  
Madden, John Earl (b. 1936)  
Magazines  
Manning, Peyton Williams (b. 1976) 
Marino, Daniel Constantine, Jr. (b. 1961)
Marshall University Air Tragedy    
Mascots and Team Names 
McNally, John Victor (Johnny Blood, the Vagabond Halfback) (19031985)    
Middle Age 
Monday Night Football  
Montana, Joseph Clifford (the Comeback Kid, Joe Cool) (b. 1956)  
Moss, Randy Gene (b. 1977)   
Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside   
Music
Nagurski, Bronislaw (Bronko) (19081990)    
Namath, Joseph William (Joe Willie, Broadway Joe) (b. 1943)
Newspapers 
Newsreels  
Junior Player Development   
Nicknames  
Obesity    
Officials (Zebras)     
Ohio League
Olsen, Merlin Jay (b. 1940)  
Oorang Indians   
Page, Alan Cedric (b. 1945)  
Parcells, Duane Charles (Bill, the Big Tuna) (b. 1941)     
Parseghian, Ara Raoul (b. 1923)    
Paterno, Joseph Vincent (JoPa) (b. 1926) 
Payton, Walter Jerry (Sweetness) (19541999)
Peanuts    
Perfection 
Perry, William Anthony (the Refrigerator, the Fridge) (b. 1962)  
Plimpton, George Ames (19272003)     
Poe, Edgar Allan (18091849)    
Politicians
Pollard, Frederick Douglass (Fritz) (18941986)   
Pop Warner Little Scholars   
Practice Squad   
Presidents of the United States    
Professional Football Origins
Punt, Pass & Kick
Purdue's Golden Girl   
Quarterback
Radio
Radio Helmet     
Religion   
Retirement 
Rice, Grantland (18801954)     
Rice, Jerry Lee (World) (b. 1962)  
Rivalries  
Robeson, Paul Leroy Bustill (18981976)     
Robinson, Eddie Gay (19192007) 
Rockne, Knute Kenneth (18881931)     
Rooney Rule
Rugby
Saban, Nick Lou (b. 1951)    
Sanders, Barry David (b. 1968)     
Sanders, Deion Luwynn (Neon Deion, Prime Time) (b. 1967)   
Sayers, Gale Eugene (b. 1943)
Scouts     
September 11 Terrorist Attacks     
Sexuality  
Shotgun Formation
Shula, Donald Francis (b. 1930)    
Simpson, Orenthal James (O.J., the Juice) (b. 1947)  
Six-Man (Eight- and Nine-Man) Football   
Stagg, Amos Alonzo (the Grand Old Man of the Midway) (18621965)    
Substance Abuse  
Subway Alumni    
Suicide    
Super Bowl 
Tailgating 
Tank McNamara     Taylor, Lawrence Julius (b. 1959)   Television
Broadcasting
Text Messaging/Instant Messaging   
Thanksgiving     
Thorpe, James Francis (Wa-Tho-Huk) (18881953)    
Tillman, Patrick Daniel (19762004)   
Title
Tittle, Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) (b. 1926)     
Tomlinson, LaDainian () (b. 1979)   
Touch Football   
Touchdown Jesus  
Trades     
Trading Cards    
Trick Plays
Triple Crown     
Unitas, John Constantine (Johnny U, the Golden Arm) (19332002)     
United States Football League
Upshaw, Eugene Thurman, Jr. (19452008)     
Vietnam War
Walker, Ewell Doak, Jr. (the Doaker, Dynamite Doak, Dauntless Doak) (1927
1998) 
Walsh, William Ernest (the Genius) (19312007)    
Ward, Arch (the Cecil B. de Mille of Sports) (18961955)
Warner, Glen Scobey (Pop) (18711954) 
Wheaties   
White, Byron Raymond (Whizzer) (19172002)  
White, Reginald Howard (Reggie, the Minister of Defense) (19612004)
Wild Card  
Wildfires  
Williams, Errick Lynne, Jr. (Ricky) (b. 1977)  
Wine 
Women Players    
World Football League  
World War    
World War   
X's and O's
Yost, Fielding Harris (Hurry Up) (18711946)
Young, Jon Steven (Steve) (b. 1961)
Zero 
Index