Reading Football

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Is football an athletic contest or a social event? Is it a game of skill, a test of manhood, or merely an organized brawl? Michael Oriard, a former professional player, asks these and other intriguing questions in Reading Football, the first contemporary book about football’s formative years.

American football began in the 1870s as a game to be played, not watched. Within a brief ten years, it had ...
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Is football an athletic contest or a social event? Is it a game of skill, a test of manhood, or merely an organized brawl? Michael Oriard, a former professional player, asks these and other intriguing questions in Reading Football, the first contemporary book about football’s formative years.

American football began in the 1870s as a game to be played, not watched. Within a brief ten years, it had ...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9798890864635
  • Publication Date: 9 Nov 2000
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM