Wiley L. Umphlett

Creating the Big Game (eBook, PDF)

John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

John W. Heisman (1869-1936) was a man of many faces whose public image has suffered from a diffused, enigmatic, and mostly misunderstood private personality. Since his death the popular reception of the memorial trophy named in his honor has also obscured his identity. In singling out his many innovative contributions to the development of intercollegiate football, this book attempts to present a true picture of Heisman as both man and coach. Because he coached at schools throughout the country during some of the most eventful years in our history, Heisman's life relates to significant political, economic, and social developments that impacted on American society as well as sports. However, this book is much more than the story of John Heisman's 36-year coaching career. It is also the story of how an indigenous American public ritual--the Big Game---came about and how college football evolved into the complex, problematic, and highly structured big business that it is today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313369377
• Artikelnr.: 37814618

Autorenporträt

WILEY LEE UMPHLETT is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of West Florida. He is the author of numerous publications and books on sports and popular culture.

Inhaltsangabe

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" Bibliography Index