Football category: 4223 books
Pigskin Nation
How the NFL Remade American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
Cast as the ultimate hardhats, football players of the 1960s seemed to personify a crewcut traditional manhood that channeled the Puritan work ethic. Yet, despite a social upheaval against such virtues, the National Football League won over all of America—and became a cultural force that recast...
by Mark F. Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2009
Princeton played the first intercollegiate football game in 1869 and, since then, has gone on to win 28 national championships and nine Ivy League titles. Over the last 140 years, Princeton�s Tigers have produced a Heisman Trophy winner, scores of All-Americans, and some of the game�s greatest legends....
by Graham Betts
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Greatest Moments of Football is a 96-page hardback book written by Graham Betts. Featuring some of the most memorable moments that have captivated football fans down the years. Highlights include both domestic and international games from winning the World Cup in 1966 to Liverpool's amazing fight...
Alabama Football Tales
More than a Century of Crimson Tide Glory
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
The Crimson Tide's winning history is packed with fascinating stories of players and coaches who made the program the envy of every school in the nation. Now, author and sports historian Lewis Bowling presents a collection of tales that span the entirety of Alabama's history of hard-won glory. Blending...
by Jamie Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Few footballers have 'Jailhouse Rock' played over the PA when the make their professional debut, but that's what happened to Jamie Lawrence when he came on as a substitute for Sunderland against Middlesbrough in 1993. In a life that has seen him go from prison to the football premiership, Jamie has...
Find Your Level
A Guide To Being Recruited for College Football From a Former D1 Recruiter
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
If you or someone you love wants to be recruited for college football your journey starts here. Written by a former college football player, recruiting consultant, and NCAA Division I (FBS) recruiter, "Find Your Level" is packed full of valuable information and insider tips all while pulling back the...
Falling for Football
The teams that shaped our obsession
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
It's the match-day routines and the walk to the ground. It's the ebullient youngster going to their first game and the jaded dad who's seen it all before. It's swapping stickers in the playground and attempting to recreate that astonishing goal in the park with friends. It's the ecstatic high of being...
by Darren Ivy
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
From its inaugural season in 1911 through its final season in 2011, the University of Nebraska-Omaha football team always faced an uphill struggle in terms of resources. The program reached a pinnacle in 1954 with its lone unbeaten season. Many other teams and individuals also found great success, winning...
The Diehard Football Fan's Bucket List Blitz
101 Rivalries, Tailgates, and Gridiron Traditions to See & Do Before You’re Sacked
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
In the first and only all-inclusive football fan’s bucket-list book, author Steve Greenberg gives readers a full-color, full-speed ride through 101 must-see and must-do gridiron experiences—from high school to the NFL, from coast to coast, from must-have eats to the game’s best seats, from the...
Hail! Hail!
Classic Celtic Old Firm Clashes
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Some football derbies around the world might have bigger crowds and feature more fanatical fans, but no fixture has as long and passionate a history as the Old Firm derby. For more than 120 years, Glasgow has been divided between the green of Celtic and the blue of Rangers. The first official match...
Big Mal
The High Life and Hard Times of Malcolm Allison, Football Legend
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Malcolm Allison is one of the most controversial figures of the last half-century of English football. Leader of the famed 'West Ham Academy', his playing career was cut short by the loss of a lung to tuberculosis. Disillusioned, he became a professional gambler before acknowledging that football...
by Michael Keane
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Football in the 1980s is a wide-ranging and quirky look at some of football’s biggest moments, matches and personalities from the decade that fashion forgot. A mixture of facts, trivia and anecdotes, the author covers not only top-flight football, but also the lower leagues, European competitions and the World Cups from both sides of the globe.
Game of My Life: Cleveland Browns
Memorable Stories of Browns Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
For the city of Cleveland and the fans of the Browns, it’s not just a football team: it’s a way of life. From rabid fan clubs all around the country to fans around Northeast Ohio wearing the colors of the brown and orange, time stops when the Browns take the field each week. The team joined the...
New York Giants
The Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Purchased in 1925 for $500 by bookmaker and businessman Tim Mara, the New York Giants were New York City’s introduction to professional football. The National Football League was a mere five years old---and for the near-century since, the history of football, the city, and the Giants has been inextricably...