Columbus Panhandles (eBook)

A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922

Chris Willis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2007
368 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-1-4617-0652-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. The railroad workers, mainly European immigrants, learned the game of football not on college gridirons, but on the sandlots of railroad yards during their lunch breaks. With the leadership of an innovative team manager and its tough physical play, the Panhandles went on to play for more than twenty years as one of the most successful teams in the rag-tag days of professional football.Incorporating original interviews and actual newspaper accounts, Chris Willis recreates the largely forgotten story of this unique squad of men. In The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922, Willis shows how team manager, future NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, used the perks of free railroad travel for employees and the gate attraction of the famous Nesser brothers to build pro football's most successful traveling team. Season by season, Willis provides a fascinating account of the team's spectacular triumphs and crushing losses.Full of wonderful newspaper quotes, entertaining anecdotes, and many original photos, The Columbus Panhandles also profiles a number of principle figures in the team's history, most notably manager Joe Carr and the six Nesser brothers who comprised the heart of the squad for many years. Written to honor the legacy of the Columbus Panhandles, this book will be of interest to historians, sportswriters and general football fans eager to learn about the early days of professional football.

Autor

Chris Willis is head of the Research Library, NFL Films, a position he has held since 1996. He is the author of Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 (2005) and The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr (2010), both published by Scarecrow Press.

Inhalt

Part 1 PrefacePart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Reader's Note: History, Rules, Scoring, Equipment, and Salaries of Early Pro FootballPart 4 Part I: The Seasons, 1900-1922Chapter 5 Chapter 1 The Panhandle Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, OhioChapter 6 Chapter 2 Origin of the Columbus Panhandles, 1900-1901Chapter 7 Chapter 3 1902 SeasonChapter 8 Chapter 4 1903 SeasonChapter 9 Chapter 5 1904 SeasonChapter 10 Chapter 6 1907 SeasonChapter 11 Chapter 7 1908 SeasonChapter 12 Chapter 8 1909 SeasonChapter 13 Chapter 9 1910 SeasonChapter 14 Chapter 10 1911 SeasonChapter 15 Chapter 11 1912 SeasonChapter 16 Chapter 12 1913 SeasonChapter 17 Chapter 13 1914 SeasonChapter 18 Chapter 14 1915 SeasonChapter 19 Chapter 15 1916 SeasonChapter 20 Chapter 16 1917 SeasonChapter 21 Chapter 17 1918 SeasonChapter 22 Chapter 18 1919 SeasonChapter 23 Chapter 19 1920 APFA SeasonChapter 24 Chapter 20 1921 APFA SeasonChapter 25 Chapter 21 1922 APFA SeasonChapter 26 Chapter 22 The Legacy of the Columbus PanhandlesPart 27 Part II: The PlayersChapter 28 Chapter 23 Hi BrighamChapter 29 Chapter 24 Earl ColburnChapter 30 Chapter 25 Joe MulbargerChapter 31 Chapter 26 Al NesserChapter 32 Chapter 27 Frank NesserChapter 33 Chapter 28 Fred NesserChapter 34 Chapter 29 John NesserChapter 35 Chapter 30 Phil NesserChapter 36 Chapter 31 Ted NesserChapter 37 Chapter 32 Emmett and Homer RuhChapter 38 Chapter 33 John SchneiderChapter 39 Chapter 34 Lee SnootsChapter 40 Chapter 35 Other Longtime Panhandle PlayersPart 41 Part III: Places and EventsChapter 42 Chapter 36 Columbus Panhandles Results against Columbus Opponents, 1901-1922Chapter 43 Chapter 37 Columbus Panhandles Team Colors and LogoChapter 44 Chapter 38 Neil Park Athletic Field, Columbus, OhioChapter 45 Chapter 39 The First Game in NFL HistoryChapter 46 Chapter 40 The First NFL Office Building, 16 Easy Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1921-1939Chapter 47 Chapter 41 The 1951 Panhandle Team ReunionPart 48 Appendix A Columbus Panhandles All-Time Roster, 1901-1922Part 49 Appendix B Columbus Panhandles All-Time Yearly and Season Records, 1901-1922Part 50 Appendix C Columbus Panhandles All-Time Records by OpponentPart 51 Appendix D Complete Box Scores of All Columbus Panhandles Games, 1901-1922Part 52 BibliographyPart 53 IndexPart 54 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• ISBN-10: 1-4617-0652-1 / 1461706521
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4617-0652-6 / 9781461706526