Creating the Big Game

Autorentext
WILEY LEE UMPHLETT is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of West Florida. He is the author of numerous publications and books on sports and popular culture.

Klappentext
John W. Heisman (1869-1936) was a man of many faces whose public image has suffered from a diffused, enigmatic, and mostly misunderstood private personality. Since his death the popular reception of the memorial trophy named in his honor has also obscured his identity. In singling out his many innovative contributions to the development of intercollegiate football, this book attempts to present a true picture of Heisman as both man and coach.

Because he coached at schools throughout the country during some of the most eventful years in our history, Heisman's life relates to significant political, economic, and social developments that impacted on American society as well as sports. However, this book is much more than the story of John Heisman's 36-year coaching career. It is also the story of how an indigenous American public ritual--the Big Game---came about and how college football evolved into the complex, problematic, and highly structured big business that it is today.

Zusammenfassung
Attempts to present John W. Heisman as both man and football coach, and to examine how an indigenous American public ritual, the Big Game, came about. Heisman made many innovative contributions to intercollegiate football, in a time of significant political, economic and social developments.

Inhalt
Prologue: In Search of a Man and His Game Young Heisman and the Origins of His Game (1869-1891) Coach Heisman, Football Missionary: The Game Spreads (1892-1903) Heisman and the Coming of the Forward Pass (1904-1911) Heisman and the Shaping of the Modern Game (1912-1919) Heisman and Football's Golden Age: The Big Game Goes National (1920-1927) The Inception of the Heisman Trophy: Memorializing the Coach, the Player, and Their Game (1928-1936) Epilogue: The Heisman Legacy Appendix: "John W. Heisman's Coaching Record, 1892-1927" Bibliography Index

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