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Fields of Honor The Golden Age of College Football and the Men Who Created It Trade paper - 2002
by Pont, Sally
Summary
After World War II, a small group of men returned to Ohio--some to coach football and some to play, the GI Bill paying their way. At Miami University of Ohio, these men, united in the belief that playing football could improve character, created the modern game of football. Sid Gillman, the originating strategist, coached Ara Parseghian and Paul Dietzel; Woody Hayes coached Bo Schembechler, Carm Cozza, and John Pont; John Pont coached Bill Mallory; Bo Schembechler coached Bill Mallory's sons.
With her unique access as John Pont's niece and daughter of fabled Yale coach Richard Pont, Sally Pont beautifully portrays the interconnections, affections, rivalries, innovations, weaknesses, and strengths of these men. Tracing the game from its brawling roots to its balletic peaks, Fields of Honor is the inspiring and entertaining history of the founding families of America's most popular game in a time when strategy and sportsmanship ruled the gridiron.
With her unique access as John Pont's niece and daughter of fabled Yale coach Richard Pont, Sally Pont beautifully portrays the interconnections, affections, rivalries, innovations, weaknesses, and strengths of these men. Tracing the game from its brawling roots to its balletic peaks, Fields of Honor is the inspiring and entertaining history of the founding families of America's most popular game in a time when strategy and sportsmanship ruled the gridiron.
First line
The first name in the family tree of Ohio football is Paul Brown, with his Massillon High School machine of the 1930s, a program he had so finely tuned that against them no team for nearly a decade could hold their own.
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- Title Fields of Honor The Golden Age of College Football and the Men Who Created It
- Author Pont, Sally
- Binding Trade Paper
- Edition 1st Thus Edition
- Language EN
- Publisher Harvest Books, SAN DIEGO, CA.
- Date September 3, 2002
- ISBN 9780156027045
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PRAISE FOR FIELDS OF HONOR
"Pont has a lovely writing style and knows how to weave a story. . . . She also knows her football."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Brims with inspiring vignettes and is on the 50-yard line of the truth."--The Wall Street Journal
"A treat for anyone who cares about the history of college football."--Booklist
"Pont has a lovely writing style and knows how to weave a story. . . . She also knows her football."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Brims with inspiring vignettes and is on the 50-yard line of the truth."--The Wall Street Journal
"A treat for anyone who cares about the history of college football."--Booklist
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