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Football

Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff

Author Ron Martriano
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On sale Mar 24, 2015 | 128 Pages | 9781623540548
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The ultimate collection of epic stories from the gridiron!

Packed with cool football trivia, history-making records, unforgettable moments, and hilarious true tales about the game’s greatest match-ups, players, and teams

College and pro football fans of all ages will love this jam-packed compendium of fascinating, wacky, and just plain weird stories from their favorite game.  

Find out all about the culture of superstition and the crazy events that surround the game, about the hazing that's an integral part of the sport, and about how a team's captain gets his fellow players all fired up. Fascinating stories include: 

•  The Eagles beating the Giants just before time ran out
•  New York's fumble that led to Philadelphia's miracle at the Meadowlands
•  How Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson managed to catch a glimpse of the Buffalo Bills' new  formation when a television station accidentally broadcast it
•  How San Francisco 49ers' Ronnie Lott gave 110% and his pinky all for the love of the sport
 
This exciting, engrossing compilation of football lore is sure to please even the toughest fans of the game.
Ron Martirano has had a celebrated career editing a variety of nonfiction books, with a special expertise in sports. He is the author of Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff; Football: The Players, The Records, The Superbowls; and Baseball. He lives in Queens, New York. View titles by Ron Martriano
I Could Have Been Someone

While his successor, Ronald Reagan, played the part of the Gipper in the biography of Notre Dame's Knute Rockne, it was Ford who had the All-American life as a footbal player. A scholarship player at the University of Michigan, the future president took part in two undefeated seasons with the Wolverines as a linebacker and center, culminating in a pair of national championships. During that time, he earned the distinction of becoming the only future American president to tackle a Heisman trophy winner (the very first Heisman recipient at that), after bringing down Jay Berwanger, captain of the University of Chicago Maroons. Ford was honored as the team's MVP in 1934  and played in the '35 college all-star game (now known as the East-West Shrine Game). Ford even had a chance to go pro, with both the Lions and the Packers in need of a good lineman, but he rejected their contract offers in favor of law school at Yale. By his own account, "If  I had gone into professional football, the name Jerry Ford might have been a household name today."
Copyright © 2015 by Ron Martirano (Author). All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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The ultimate collection of epic stories from the gridiron!

Packed with cool football trivia, history-making records, unforgettable moments, and hilarious true tales about the game’s greatest match-ups, players, and teams

College and pro football fans of all ages will love this jam-packed compendium of fascinating, wacky, and just plain weird stories from their favorite game.  

Find out all about the culture of superstition and the crazy events that surround the game, about the hazing that's an integral part of the sport, and about how a team's captain gets his fellow players all fired up. Fascinating stories include: 

•  The Eagles beating the Giants just before time ran out
•  New York's fumble that led to Philadelphia's miracle at the Meadowlands
•  How Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson managed to catch a glimpse of the Buffalo Bills' new  formation when a television station accidentally broadcast it
•  How San Francisco 49ers' Ronnie Lott gave 110% and his pinky all for the love of the sport
 
This exciting, engrossing compilation of football lore is sure to please even the toughest fans of the game.

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Ron Martirano has had a celebrated career editing a variety of nonfiction books, with a special expertise in sports. He is the author of Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff; Football: The Players, The Records, The Superbowls; and Baseball. He lives in Queens, New York. View titles by Ron Martriano

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I Could Have Been Someone

While his successor, Ronald Reagan, played the part of the Gipper in the biography of Notre Dame's Knute Rockne, it was Ford who had the All-American life as a footbal player. A scholarship player at the University of Michigan, the future president took part in two undefeated seasons with the Wolverines as a linebacker and center, culminating in a pair of national championships. During that time, he earned the distinction of becoming the only future American president to tackle a Heisman trophy winner (the very first Heisman recipient at that), after bringing down Jay Berwanger, captain of the University of Chicago Maroons. Ford was honored as the team's MVP in 1934  and played in the '35 college all-star game (now known as the East-West Shrine Game). Ford even had a chance to go pro, with both the Lions and the Packers in need of a good lineman, but he rejected their contract offers in favor of law school at Yale. By his own account, "If  I had gone into professional football, the name Jerry Ford might have been a household name today."
Copyright © 2015 by Ron Martirano (Author). All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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