Pop Warner

A Life on the Gridiron

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-08-17
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786464975

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments delete ixIntroduction delete 1One. Childhood delete 3Two. Pop Warner, Football Player delete 11Three. Pop Warner, Coach delete 19Four. Back to Cornell delete 27Five. Carlisle delete 35Six. Cornell Revisited delete 66Seven. Back to Carlisle delete 74Eight. Thorpe Returns delete 95Nine. Pittsburgh delete 116Ten. Stanford delete 138Eleven. Temple delete 173Twelve. San Jose State delete 185Thirteen. Retirement and Legacy delete 189Chapter Notes delete 199Bibliography delete 207Index delete 211

“a comprehensive and informative look at Warner’s career...Miller has written an impressive book on Pop Warner...highly recommend”—Gridiron Greats; “Miller’s work is, quite simply, a touchdown. The book does far more than glorify all that Warner did for the game”—Sport in American History; “presents the most-definitive-to-date biography of Glenn Scobey ‘Pop’ Warner. The author fleshes out a fuller picture of Pop’s personality and the personal life of the man who reshaped the game of football”—ProtoView.