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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
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IsTextBook
No
ISBN
0812236270
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation
Publication Name
Football : the Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Item Length
9.3 in
Subject
History, Football
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Mark F. Bernstein
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
344 Pages

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Every autumn American football fans pack large college stadiums or crowd around grassy fields to root for their favorite teams. Most are unaware that this most popular American sport was created by the teams that now make up the Ivy League. From the day Princeton played the first intercollegiate game in 1869, these major schools of the northeast--Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale--shaped football as we now know it. Almost every facet of the game still bears their imprint: they created the All-America team, produced the first coaches, devised the basic rules, invented many of the strategies, developed much of the equipment, and even named the positions. Both the Heisman and Outland trophies are named for Ivy League players. Crowds of 80,000 no longer attend Ivy League games as they did seventy years ago, and Ivy teams are not the powerhouses they once were, but at times they can still be a step ahead of the rest of football, as in 1973 when Brown and Penn started the first black quarterbacks to face each other in major college history. In this rich history, Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. The college fight song is an Ivy League creation (Yale's was written by Cole Porter), as are the marching bands that play them. With their long winning streaks and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. But football was almost abolished early on because of violence in Ivy games, and it took President Theodore Roosevelt to mediate disagreements about rough play in order for football to remain a college sport. Gambling and ticket scalping were as commonplace then as now, as well as payoffs and recruiting abuses, fueled by the tremendous amount of money generated by the games, revenue that was oftentimes greater than that collected by the rest of the university. But the Ivy teams confronted those abuses, and in so doing helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life. Although Ivy League football and its ancient rivalries have disappeared from big-time sports by their own accord, their legacy remains with every snap of the ball.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812236270
ISBN-13
9780812236279
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1885071

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Football : the Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession
Publication Year
2001
Subject
History, Football
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation
Author
Mark F. Bernstein
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2001-027488
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
" Anyone looking here to find a detailed account of the sport's origin will scarcely be disappointed."--Publishers Weekly, "A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League."-- Choice, "Anyone looking here to find a detailed account of the sport's origin will scarcely be disappointed."-- Publishers Weekly, "Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . Highly readable and highly informed."-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League., "Anyone looking here to find a detailed account of the sport's origin will scarcely be disappointed."--Publishers Weekly, Anyone Looking Here to Find a Detailed Account of the Sport's Origin Will Scarcely Be Disappointed., "A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present, but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League."-- Choice, Bernstein provides the most comprehensive treatment of his subject currently in existence. . . . He also deserves praise for . . . filling his book with interesting football stories., "Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . Highly readable and highly informed."- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . . Highly readable and highly informed., "Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . Highly readable and highly informed."--Registerof the Kentucky Historical Society, A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present, but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League.--Choice|9780812236279|, "Bernstein provides the most comprehensive treatment of his subject currently in existence. . . . He also deserves praise for . . . filling his book with interesting football stories."-H-Net Reviews, " Bernstein provides the most comprehensive treatment of his subject currently in existence. . . . He also deserves praise for . . . filling his book with interesting football stories."--H-Net Reviews, "Anyone looking here to find a detailed account of the sport's origin will scarcely be disappointed."- Publishers Weekly, "Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . . Highly readable and highly informed."-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, "A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present, but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League."--Choice, "A treasure trove of facts and stories. . . . The author not only describes the history, from the first Ivy League game in 1869 to the present, but also includes interesting vignettes about he players after they left their colleges. . . . An excellent resource for football historians and those interested in the Ivy League."- Choice, "Bernstein's book is first-rate football history for the richness of its details drawn from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. . . Highly readable and highly informed."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, "Bernstein provides the most comprehensive treatment of his subject currently in existence. . . . He also deserves praise for . . . filling his book with interesting football stories."--H-Net Reviews
Target Audience
College Audience
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.332/63/0974
Lc Classification Number
Gv958.5.I9b47 2001
Table of Content
Preface 1820-1910 Chapter 1 The Big Three Chapter 2 Making the Rules As You Go Along Chapter 3 Play for Love and Honor Chapter 4 More Work For the Undertaker 1911-1954 Chapter 5 The Sign We Hail Chapter 6 Team of Destiny Chapter 7 Red Ink Chapter 8 Medium-Time Football Chapter 9 The Ivy League 1954-2000 Chapter 10 A Well-Rounded Class Chapter 11 What Is This Thing Called "Winning"? Chapter 12 The Modern Game Appendices Head Coaches Cumulative and Ivy League Records Ivy League Champions Ivy League National Champions Ivy League 1981 Silver Anniversary All-Star Team
Copyright Date
2001

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