| Description |
xiii, 387 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Walter Camp was the quintessential gentleman athlete and the father of American football. From his days as an undergraduate at Yale University, he made efforts to codify the rules of football and make it distinct from English rugby. He later created the line of scrimmage, "downs," and the All-America Football Team. Theodore Roosevelt urged him to reform football when players were being killed on the field. Camp popularized strength training and the ideal of the muscular physique for American boys, helping to redefine the ideal man of modern times"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- Pre-game Commentary -- An Introduction to the Father of American Football -- First Quarter: Adolescence -- Chapter 1: Survival of the Fittest in New Haven, 1860s-1880 -- Chapter 2: The Disillusionment of After Life, 1883-1888 -- Second Quarter: Manhood Epitomized -- Chapter 3: Alice and All-Americanness, 1888-1891 -- Chapter 4: Manifest Destiny, 1892-1894 -- Chapter 5: Necessary Roughness? 1893-1894 -- Chapter 6: Martial, Marketable, and Masculine, 1895-1899 -- HALFTIME: The Yale Man at the Turn of the Century -- Third Quarter: Manhood Tested -- Chapter 7: Camp's Boyology: The Making of Eligible Men -- Chapter 8: Make Men, but Do Not Break Them -- 1903-1906 -- Chapter 9: Rewriting the Gridiron Narrative, 1906-1912 -- Fourth Quarter: Manhood Reconsidered -- Chapter 10: Realizing Real All-Americans in the 1910s -- Chapter 11: Changing of the Guard, 1910-1916 -- Chapter 12: Preparing Men for Real Battle, 1917-1918 -- Chapter 13: Death and Democratization, 1919-1925 -- Postgame Analysis -- Notes. |
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Camp, Walter, 1859-1925.
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Football players -- United States -- Biography.
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Football -- United States -- History.
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HISTORY / United States / General.
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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SPORTS & RECREATION / History.
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Football.
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Football players.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9780199925629 hardcover |
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0199925623 hardcover |
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