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War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL
By Serb, Chris
- ISBN
- 9781538124840 9781538124857
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
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Reviewed on August 1, 2019 | One Hundred Years of Grit
In this impressively researched volume, journalist Serb (Sam's Boys: The History of Chicago's Leone Beach and Legendary Lifeguard Sam Leone) makes the plausible argument that the success of military service football during World War I prompted the establishment of the National Football League one year later. These games and teams demonstrated that fans would show up for post-graduate football that lacked college connections. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
