Jeffrey J. Miller

Pop Warner

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Glenn Scobey ""Pop"" Warner (1871-1954) stands among the giants of the coaching profession, alongside Knute Rockne, Amos Alonzo Stagg, George Halas and Vince Lombardi. Warner turned a ragtag team from a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Indian boarding school into a national power and later won multiple national championships at the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford. His 319 victories made him one of the winningest coach in college football history. A pioneer of the forward pass, he is credited with inventing the single-wing formation--widely considered the genesis of modern-day offense--as well as the double wing, the three-point stance for backs, the naked bootleg and the spiral punt. He also developed improvements to shoulder pads, tackling dummies, blocking sleds and much more. The book traces Warner's rise from his small town roots to becoming one of the most influential coaches in football, a man who helped refine the sport from a tedious, push-and-shove affair into the dynamic, high-speed game of today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786464975
• ISBN-10: 0786464976
• Artikelnr.: 42952714

Autorenporträt

Award-winning author Jeffrey J. Miller lives in Springville, New York, the hometown of Pop Warner.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete
ix Introduction delete
1 One.
Childhood delete
3 Two.
Pop Warner, Football Player delete
11 Three.
Pop Warner, Coach delete
19 Four.
Back to Cornell delete
27 Five.
Carlisle delete
35 Six.
Cornell Revisited delete
66 Seven.
Back to Carlisle delete
74 Eight.
Thorpe Returns delete
95 Nine.
Pittsburgh delete
116 Ten.
Stanford delete
138 Eleven.
Temple delete
173 Twelve.
San Jose State delete
185 Thirteen.
Retirement and Legacy delete
189 Chapter Notes delete
199 Bibliography delete
207 Index delete
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