Historical Dictionary of Football

John Grasso

Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada.

The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 598 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-8108-7856-3 • Hardback • June 2013 • $205.00 • (£158.00)

978-1-4422-5535-7 • Paperback • July 2015 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

978-0-8108-7857-0 • eBook • June 2013 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Sports

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Football, Reference / Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of Football

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Summary

Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada.

The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 598 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-8108-7856-3 • Hardback • June 2013 • $205.00 • (£158.00)

978-1-4422-5535-7 • Paperback • July 2015 • $52.00 • (£40.00)

978-0-8108-7857-0 • eBook • June 2013 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Sports

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Football, Reference / Dictionaries

Author

John Grasso is an Olympic historian, he has been Treasurer of the International Society of Olympic Historians since 2004, and is a member of the Association for Professional Basketball Research, the North American Society for Sport History, the Professional Football Researchers Association and was the founder of the International Boxing Research Organization in 1982. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of Basketball, and Historical Dictionary of Tennis.

Historical Dictionary of Football

John Grasso

Historical Dictionary of Football

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