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John Grasso - Historical Dictionary of Football

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Historical Dictionary of Football

2013

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Introduction S. 1-444

„… although there were quite a few good black collegiate players, including future baseball Hall of Famer …” „… Football Hall of Famers Frank Broyles (1957–1976 at Arkansas, 144–58–5 won-lost-tied record), Hugh Duffy …” „… Football Hall of Fame in 1981.AIKMAN, TROY KENNETH. B. 21 November 1966, West Covina, Cali-fornia. Troy …”

Bibliography S. 523-558

„… Pro Football Hall of Fame Appointment Calendar1972 La-Z-Boy Football Guide1980 Exxon NFL, College …” „… “Night Train” LaneBurns, Mike. Night Train Lane: The Life of NFL Hall of Famer Richard “Night Train” Lane …” „… the three major football Halls of Fame also have useful sites. The Pro Football Hall of Fame Research …”

Preface

„… AppendixesA Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees 445B Canadian Football Hall of Fame Inductees 453C Super Bowl …” „… appendixes give detailed statistics on Hall of Fame inductees, league and bowl champions, and Heisman Trophy …” „… eras. As can be seen by the list of individuals inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (appendix A …”

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Wayne Stewart - Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years

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Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years

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5 The Best of the Rest S. 121-164

„… future Hall of Famers,perhaps, but were very good, making for a solid unit. Because of theirlack of ink …” „… thefifties and sixties were Hall of Famers. Some, for example, were talent-ed Pro-Bowlers who were famous …” „… Berry, John Unitas, Gino Marchetti, Jim Parker, all theHall of Fame guys. I was just proud to be on the …”

Preface

„… fan.”—Raymond Berry,Hall of Fame receiver, Baltimore Colts“Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years recalls …” „… the 1950s and1960s, covering everything from the Hall of Famers of the day to theway the league has …” „… more willenjoy reliving the Golden Age of football.”—Mike Ditka, Hall ofFame tight end“Wayne Stewart …”

2 Hall of Fame Defenders . . . and More S. 49-66

„… to the Hall of Fame, and he was First-Team All-NFL asa guard or tackle in every season from his first …” „… an offensive receiver [and runner incollege] who could have played receiver in the NFL.HALL OF FAME …” „… 492HALL OF FAMEDEFENDERS . . . AND MORENaturally, Hall of Famers were also in abundance at …”

1 The Best Offensive Players S. 1-48

„… for this chapter:First, it will cover Hall of Famers only. Secondly, this chapter will …” „… were atotal of 260 players in the Hall of Fame, and more than half of them,138, a whopping 53 percent …” „… liketrying to bring down a polar bear with a popgun.THE BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYERS 3Hall of Fame defensive end …”

4 The Toughest Players S. 81-120

„… draining. No one ever claimed that making a living in theNFL was easy, not even for Hall of Famers like …” „… that point. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1974,and he was on the NFL All-Time Team selected in 1994 …” „… greatness, the NFLstamped their imprimatur on him when he was named to the Hall ofFame All-Decade team for …”

3 Funniest Quotes and Tales S. 67-80

„… is said to be the first true defensive lineman to make it tothe Hall of Fame, and that happened …” „… to be inducted into the MarineCorps Sports Hall of Fame.In a way, after the service, he led two lives …” „… .”11FUNNIEST QUOTES AND TALES 73Norm Van Brocklin was not only a Hall of Fame quarterback for theLos …”

Index S. 213-220

„… , 99–100;violence of, 99–100Brown, Jim, 2; accomplishments of, 2, 5;in acting, 5, 70–71; in Hall of Fame, 5 …” „… , xiv, 164; changesfrom, 165; fans of, 206; in Hall ofFame, 2; timeline of, 1Gogolak, Pete, 73Gordy …” „… ., xiiiGriffey, Ken, Sr., xiiiHalas, George, 14, 108halfback, 27Hall of Fame, xiv, 2, 48; Brown, J., in, 5;Glory …”

6 The NFL Then and Now S. 165-206

„… quarterback. In fact, 80 percent of the quarterbacks they facedwere future Hall of Famers. That, said Berry is …” „… the Hall of Fame. Those are whatthe game is all about, and to go through a career and not have it …” „… 1656THE NFL THEN AND NOWFootball is a constantly evolving sport. Watch footage of a play or twofrom …”

About the Author S. 221-222

„… Moves I Had, the auto-biography he cowrote for Lyons Press with NFL Hall of Fame widereceiver Raymond …” „… Griffeys. In fact, Stewart was amember of the same Donora High School baseball team as classmateGriffey Sr …” „… . Stewart, who retired from teaching after thirty-one years,now lives in Amherst, a suburb of Cleveland …”

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14 NFL CHAMPIONS! S. 89-102

„… fifty-five-yard score. This scoring connection wouldn’t be the last between the two future Hall of Famers.The next …” „… season of 1932 would be special for the Bears.The NFL was now entering its thirteenth season. It finally …” „… game that I played in the NFL was against the Chicago Bears. On the first series of plays the Bears had …”

Preface

„… ), Jon Kendle (Pro Football Hall of Fame), John Maxymuk (football author-historian), and Neil Zender (NFL …” „… Hall of Fame, 1963; NFL 1930s all-decade team; NFL fiftieth-anniversary all-time team, fullback …” „… Football 17326 Nagurski’s Pure Servicenter 18127 Pro Football Hall of Fame 18528 Hardworking Family 19129 …”

27 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME S. 185-190

„… an NFL meeting in San Francisco, Canton was selected as the Hall of Fame city.1 8 6 C H A P T E R 2 …” „… 27PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME1 8 5C H A P T E R 2 7P R O F O O T B A L L H A L L O F F A M EOn …” „… sportswriters—Chuck Such—to issue a Hall of Fame challenge to the city of Canton, Ohio. The headline read, “Pro …”

31 THE LEGACY OF BRONKO NAGURSKI S. 211-216

„… inside the museum are Bronko’s Hall of Fame ring, lots of trophies, and his Hall of Fame blazer, as well …” „… with his inductions into the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. You can read about his exploits on …” „… and had the greatest blocker who ever lived—Bronko Nagurski.”9George Halas, Bears Hall of Fame …”

NOTES S. 217-234

„… Football’s Hall of Fame (New York: Tempo Books, 1963), 154. 5. NFL Owners Meeting Minutes, July 8–9, 1933. 6 …” „… Hall of Fame induction speech transcript, September 7, 1963.2. Pro Football Hall of Fame induction …” „… Hall of Fame, Bronko Nagurski file.5. Pro Football Hall of Fame, Bronko Nagurski file.6. Pro Football …”

BIBLIOGRAPHY S. 235-242

„… . Pro Football Hall of Fame.Harold E. “Red” Grange Papers. Wheaton College Special …” „… Football Hall of Fame interview, 1978.———. WGN-TV interview. 12 Minutes to Immortality (WGN-Special), 1974 …” „… .Daley, Arthur. Pro Football’s Hall of Fame. New York: Tempo Books, 1963.Dent, Jim. Monster of the Midway …”

29 SUPER BOWL XVIII COIN TOSS S. 195-206

„… , “The man doing the coin toss is Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski. He played in the first NFL championship …” „… come to Canton for the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrine-ment ceremony. The twentieth anniversary of …” „… the 1963 charter class was 1 9 6 C H A P T E R 2 9being honored by the Hall of Fame, and some of …”

18 SNEAKERS SPOIL PERFECTION S. 127-136

„… and those two losses against the Bears. The 1934 NFL championship game would feature two Hall of Fame …” „… coaches (Halas and Steve Owen) and ten future Hall of Fame players—the Bears with six (Grange, Nagurski …” „… for the NFL, the 1933 season was its most successful. The league in-creased the number of games played …”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. 249-250

„… University for sports history. In 2018, Willis was elected to the Urbana Uni-versity Athletic Hall of Fame …” „… worked at NFL Films as head of the Research Library since 1996. His first book, Old Leather: An Oral …” „… fourth title, Dutch Clark: The Life of an NFL Legend and the Birth of the Detroit Lions, was released in …”

15 I’LL TRY WRESTLING S. 103-0

„… Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002. While traveling as a wrestling promoter, Tony fell in love with the city of …” „… Hinkle. In 1964 Nagurski was Hin-kle’s presenter at the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in …” „… change the course of his athletic career. One of the best play-ers in the NFL looked to another sport for …”

INDEX S. 243-248

„… Presnell, Glenn, 88, 98–101, 115, 214Pro Football Hall of Fame, vii, xiii, xv, 72, 144, 175, 185–189 …” „… , 177–179, 195University of Wisconsin, 34–35, 39, 44Ward, Arch, 129Warner, Pop, 28Washington Redskins (NFL …” „… Braves-Redskins (NFL), 93, 110, 113, 115, 131, 140, 146–147Brizzolara, Ralph, 166, 174–175Bronko Nagurski Museum …”

11 STATE OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE S. 69-72

„… days of the NFL, when the game was played in an era before television, million-dollar contracts …” „… the six or seven man fronts to counter the rushing attacks of early NFL teams. Regardless, both …” „… defense so emphasized, low scoring games dominated the early days of the NFL. Some games would end in a …”

20 RETURN TO GLORY S. 143-148

„… end up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But the letter Halas sent expressed his feelings about the …” „… round—sixth overall—of the NFL’s first-ever draft. He also selected a late gem in the ninth round …” „… , while the of-ficial NFL squad and the Brooklyn Times Union (Lou Niss) chose Hinkle.Bronko also made some …”

12 ROOKIE S. 73-82

„… : future Hall of Fame players tackle Cal Hubbard, guard Mike Michalske, and back Johnny “Blood” McNally and …” „… with the best of any player in the NFL heading into the 1930 season. But Bronko seemed to tower over …” „… Bears cruised to a 20–0 shutout win. Bronko had scored the first two touchdowns of his NFL career.After …”

26 NAGURSKI’S PURE SERVICENTER S. 181-184

„… than gas. They wanted an autograph or a photo with the Hall of Famer. “I sign many autographs and pose …” „… being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the tenth round of the 1959 NFL draft (114th overall pick …” „… ), young Bronk Jr. chose another football path. Instead of the NFL, he decided to play in the Ca-nadian …”

22 DOUBLE DUTY S. 153-160

„… future Hall of Famer.Nicknamed “Slinging Sammy,” the cowboy from TCU would prove to the football world …” „… conversations in the summer would ensure that Bronko would be around for the big grind of the NFL schedule, with …” „… had a lot of work to do to get back to the NFL championship game. Bronko had a wrestling match in …”

30 LOSING BRONKO S. 207-210

„… came from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A large group came from the University of Minnesota. Former …” „… pioneers was now gone.Besides the NFL and the Nagurski family, International Falls mourned the loss of its …” „… After the death of Eileen, Bronko struggled to get back to a normal life. He missed the love of his …”

25 GOODBYE TO FOOTBALL S. 173-180

„… championships and a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1965). Bronko was impressed with everything that …” „… ,” he told Charles Johnson of the Minneapolis Star. “Undoubtedly the highlight of my entire career.”1 …” „… . Although he would get the itch to play in the ensuing years, Bronko would never play another down of pro …”

6 OFF TO COLLEGE S. 25-36

„… Dartmouth, Greasy Neale (future Hall of Fame coach with the Eagles), and Pete Calac. The Bulldogs dominated …” „… Clark (whom Bronko would get to know more in the NFL as the head coach of the Portsmouth …” „… School in the spring of 1926, Bronko had to make a decision about his future. Would he get a job working …”

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Mark L. Ford - A History of NFL Preseason and Exhibition Games

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A History of NFL Preseason and Exhibition Games

2014

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Chapter 18. 2003: Preseason Champs, NFL Champs S. 185-194

„… , Atlanta 21).Future Hall of FamersSeveral members of the 2003 draft class have been multiple Pro Bowlers …” „… Pro Football Hall of Fame Game after only 39 minutes and 11 seconds. Green Bay rookie Chris Johnson …” „… the most recent storm-curtailed exhibitions.In the 1980 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, the Packers …”

Chapter 5. 1990: Beat the Clock S. 41-50

„… ).Future Hall of FamersBoth of the Canton-bound first-round draft picks were hold-outs until the first game …” „… adjustment had been waived for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and the three American Bowls, and it took …” „… 0In the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, the Bears dominated so completely that the Browns didn’t …”

Chapter 19. 2004: Preseason’s Worst, NFL’s Best S. 195-204

„… , Minnesota.Future Hall of FamersThe 2004 draft class included three quarterbacks who were chosen in the first round …” „… Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, and three Broncos players took advantage of a new rule that allowed …” „… Kimrin’s 39-yard field goal won the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game for the Redskins (Washington 20, Denver …”

Chapter 23. 2008: Toward a Shorter Preseason S. 237-246

„… fans.Future Hall of FamersMiami offensive tackle Jake Long, the first overall draft pick, has had the best …” „… of the Washington Redskins’ family were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Defensive back …” „… achievements as a player) were all honored at halftime at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, which the new …”

Chapter 3. 1988: Back to Barnstorming S. 21-28

„… 5,000 spectators at Carl-isle, Pennsylvania (Washington 47, New England 37).Future Hall of FamersBuffalo …” „… Stadium. Future Hall of Famers Dan Marino and Joe Montana, who had opposed one another in Super Bowl XIX …” „… Canadian Football Hall of Fame who was on leave from the British Columbia Lions, did poorly while playing …”

Chapter 26. 2011: Averting a Players’ Strike S. 267-278

„… the Offense beat the Defense, 33–11.Future Hall of FamersDenver linebacker Von Miller, second overall …” „… the strike and lockout was the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at Canton.Firsts for 2011 …” „… NFLChicago versus St. LouisFor the first time since 1966, there was no Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at …”

Chapter 22. 2007: The “Goodell Era” Begins S. 225-236

„… foundation for heart research.Future Hall of FamersSan Francisco middle linebacker Patrick Willis has been …” „… Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton was, once more, the preseason opener, but for the first time …” „… duration of only 33 minutes and 22 seconds. In 2003, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game had been halted at …”

Chapter 24. 2009: Bigger, Better, and More Expensive S. 247-256

„… AFL teams, the NFL used the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game to recreate the look of the AFL, circa 1962 …” „… 250 9/11/14 9:54 AMBigger, Better, and More Expensive / 251Future Hall of FamersPhiladelphia running …” „… reach.ScrimmagingDuring the Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend, various teams held intrasquad games and scrimmages for …”

Chapter 6. 1991: Meaningless Game, Meaningful Competition S. 51-60

„… goals, while the Redskins hadn’t bothered to bring their placekicker.Future Hall of FamersPhoenix …” „… been taken for granted that the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game would start the preseason, but the night …” „… . Summer had promised a battle between two future Hall of Famers for the right to be the 49ers’ starting …”

Chapter 9. 1994: Going for Two, Going to Fox S. 83-94

„… free agent, future Hall of Famer Deion Sanders at-tended home games for four NFL teams that caught his …” „… Tampa Stadium the next day, followed by the Bucs’ 10–9 loss to the Jets.Future Hall of FamersDallas …” „… 17The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game opened the preseason and had a plethora of firsts. For the first …”

Chapter 15. 2000: Y2K + NFL S. 153-164

„… + NFL / 159Future Hall of FamersNo one from the class of 2000 has been enshrined, but the rook-ies …” „… Football Hall of Fame Game at Canton.Strange SightsJacksonville 16, New York Giants 13The Giants lost the …” „… Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in a 20–0 win over the 49ers. He threw his first touchdown and was 7 …”

Chapter 25. 2010: Goodell Offers Two in Exchange for Eighteen S. 257-266

„… Francisco 37, Indianapolis 17).Future Hall of FamersTwo first-round draft choices with five Pro Bowls …” „… ligament. In the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game against Cincinnati, three Dallas players were lost for the …” „… game.Preseason CelebritiesAt the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco took the …”

Chapter 21. 2006: NBC Returns, ABC Leaves S. 215-224

„… brought in only 1,444 customers to watch the Teal team beat the White team, 17–15.Future Hall of FamersNew …” „… Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton. Commentator John Madden appeared on the field at halftime, along with …” „… the other new inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Madden had worn the number 72 at the …”

Chapter 14. 1999: Return of the Browns, Debut of the Titans S. 141-152

„… training camp. Surgeons were able to save Dye’s arm, but not his career.Future Hall of FamersStill active …” „… the “All-2000s Team” by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and for 12 of 13 Pro Bowls between 2000 and 2012 …” „… the National Football League (NFL) to 31 teams, the league’s first odd num-ber of members in more than …”

Chapter 20. 2005: A Summer of Farewells S. 205-214

„… Hall of FamersStill active in 2013, Dallas linebacker DeMarcus Ware was a First Team All-Pro four times …” „… InternationalAtlanta 27, Indianapolis 21The NFL played in Japan for the last time in front of a Tokyo Dome crowd of …” „… Rhodes batted it away to preserve a win (New York Jets 10, Detroit 3).ScrimmagingDuring the NFL’s “Hall …”

Chapter 13. 1998: Good-bye NBC, Welcome Back CBS S. 129-140

„… Hall of FamersWith 12 Pro Bowls and six First Team All-Pro selections as of 2013, quarterback Peyton …” „… two places while returning a Tampa Bay kickoff in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and never played …” „… future Hall of Famer Michael Irvin got into a fight at the dormitory at their training camp. Irvin was on …”

Chapter 1. 1986: Live from London, the American Bowl S. 1-10

„… _1986-2013.indb 6 9/11/14 9:54 AMLive from London, the American Bowl / 7Future Hall of FamersTwo …” „… England in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. St. Louis nose tackle Carter Crawford was fined $400 after …” „… of-fered signs of what the National Football League (NFL) was going to become in the next century. On July …”

Chapter 4. 1989: Everyone Wants an NFL Team S. 29-40

„… overturned.Future Hall of FamersFour of the first five picks in the NFL Draft would end up in Canton. Two were named …” „… (and future Hall of Famer) Andre Tippett ripped a shoulder muscle, cornerback Ronnie Lippett tore an …” „… AMEveryone Wants an NFL Team / 31Kansas City 22, Chicago 17In the final minute of the game, Chicago was …”

Chapter 17. 2002: And Houston Makes Thirty-Two S. 175-184

„… , Houston 17The Houston Texans, the NFL’s 32nd franchise, made their debut at the Pro Football Hall of Fame …” „… helmets to navy blue (India-napolis 28, Seattle 10).Future Hall of FamersThree of the first-round picks …” „… designed to keep sound inside, making the structure one of the noisiest in the NFL. Almost 53,000 …”

Chapter 10. 1995: Arizona, Carolina, Jacksonville, Oakland, and St. Louis S. 95-106

„… Interstate 595.Future Hall of FamersBoth of Tampa Bay’s first-round draft picks would be enshrined at Canton …” „… another at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton for their first games. Desmond Howard returned a …” „… of St. Louis had a 21–6 win over the Los Angeles area, the result of the NFL owners’ vote to approve …”

Chapter 8. 1993: Salary Cap On, Intentional Grounding Off S. 71-82

„… ).Future Hall of FamersOffensive tackle Willie Roaf was the first pick for New Orleans and eighth overall …” „… CelebritiesJoe Schmidt, who had been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 13-season run as a …” „… guaranteed at least 58 percent of the league’s revenue. In return, the NFL teams got a salary cap, which …”

Chapter 11. 1996: Cleveland’s Loss, Baltimore’s Gain S. 107-118

„… (Washington 12, Miami 6).Future Hall of FamersOffensive tackle Jonathan Ogden was the first-ever draft pick of …” „… linebacker Ray Lewis, a 13-time Pro Bowler who won’t be eligible for the Hall of Fame until 2018. Ogden and …” „… to shift. Baltimore got another NFL team after 13 seasons, but it was at the expense of Cleveland …”

Chapter 28. 2013: Many Happy Returns S. 289-300

„… , 24–20, in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, the Cowboys’ Kendial Lawrence ran for one score, and the …” „… NFL’s preference for touchbacks instead of kick returns. For whatever reason, the 2013 season saw NFL …” „… consecutive first downs and one for a gain of 20 yards. Fans also flocked to NFL stadiums to watch scrimmages …”

Chapter 7. 1992: The Amazing Minnesota Vikings S. 61-70

„… home in Brooksville, Florida.Future Hall of FamersNo one from the class of 1992 has been enshrined at …” „… Football Hall of Fame Game was, once again, the preseason opener, and the contest featured a controversial …” „… the snap. The crowd of 60,873 didn’t seem to notice.Houston 34, Dallas 23The NFL’s two Texas teams …”

Chapter 2. 1987: Auditioning the Replacements S. 11-20

„… ).Future Hall of FamersNeither of the Canton-bound rookies from the class of 1987 had been signed to a …” „… million Joe Robbie Stadium and the introduction of the Jumbotron. Massive TV screens weren’t new to NFL …” „… at Phoenix, Starr was on the payroll of the Arizona Firebirds, a group lobbying for an NFL expansion …”

Chapter 16. 2001: Men in Stripes, Men on Strike S. 165-174

„… August 30. None of the substitutes had NFL experience, although most had officiated college football …” „… games. At Cincinnati, NFL supervisor of officials Jim Daopoulos oversaw a crew led by retired college …” „… the NFL’s costumed mascots as part of the ticket price.San Diego 13, St. Louis 10At the end of the …”

Chapter 12. 1997: The NFL’s Memphis Blues S. 119-128

„… (Denver 31, Buffalo 10).Future Hall of FamersLeft tackle Walter Jones, a first-round draft pick for …” „… 119121997The NFL’s Memphis BluesThe Tennessee Oilers proved to be one of the least popular …” „… running back Marquette Smith had his shot at the NFL frustrated by a knee injury on the last play of a …”

Chapter 27. 2012: The Summer of Replacement Officials S. 279-288

„… , shortly after failing to report to camp.Future Hall of FamersLinebackers Luke Kuechly of Carolina and …” „… 279272012The Summer of Replacement OfficialsFor the second time in National Football League (NFL …” „… unsportsmanlike conduct under a new NFL rule that required automatic review of fumble rulings by the replay …”

Bibliography S. 305-314

„… contests. A trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton revealed that if the game didn’t count, the …” „… NFL’s teams didn’t save them or donate them to the Hall. The same lack of information exists for the …” „… that nearly everything from Canton’s annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game has been saved, including …”

Index S. 315-326

„… opened, 247Hall of Fame players, 25, 35, 46, 89Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers rivalry, 5, 34, 45, 56 …” „… to 12 minutes, 41shortened to 60 seconds, 188 skipped entirely, 261Hall of Fame Game, 42, 62, 83, 95 …” „… , 209, 252, 291death of Korey Stringer, 169Hall of Fame players, 7, 25, 46injuries at Metrodome, 155 …”

Preface

„… another set of sections, and their names are italicized when they are the subject. “Future Hall of Famers …” „… A HISTORY OF NFL PRESEASON AND EXHIBITION GAMES14_347-Ford_1986-2013.indb i 9/11/14 9:54 AM …” „… 14_347-Ford_1986-2013.indb ii 9/11/14 9:54 AMA HISTORY OF NFL PRESEASON AND EXHIBITION GAMES1986 to …”

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Part Two: The Core of the Playbook S. 71-116

„… future Hall of Famers.As talented as they were, Shanahan and the Broncos were taking nothing for granted …” „… Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. Even ADvANCE SCOUTING 79though Gillman and the Chargers won …” „… Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis had just come out of the game at the end of the first quarter …”

Part Four: A Case Study of the Cheatriots and the League That Enables Them S. 169-204

„… well coached, and had a strong roster including a future Hall of Fame quarterback; and to top it all …” „… play?”SPYGATE 183Elway shouted back, “Just get open!”15 While a Hall of Fame quarter-back can get away with …” „… seven Pro Bowl nominations, and Isaac Bruce, a future Hall of Fame inductee. Furthermore, the offense …”

Part Three: The Draft and Free Agency S. 117-168

„… be selected into the NFL’s Hall of Fame, along with Cowboys second-round pick Mel Renfro.As late as …” „… let-ter of recommendation was also the impetus behind the Colts signing Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny …” „… . Dur-ing the 1964 draft, aided by Qureishi’s program the Cowboys selected three future Hall of Fame players …”

Part One: Trick Plays S. 1-70

„… the people of Baltimore their first NFL championship. Coach Ewbank had even guar-anteed the team would …” „… spotlight of New York, mingled with stars and politicians, and earned fame and fortune with advertising gigs …” „… as “skunking” 6 CHAPTER 1in NFL circles. Skunking is of course extremely controversial, but some …”

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