Pioneer Coaches of the NFL (eBook)

Shaping the Game in the Days of Leather Helmets and 60-Minute Men

John Maxymuk (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
312 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1224-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book profiles some of the most innovative coaches from the early days of the NFL, including George Halas, Potsy Clark, and Clark Shaughnessy. Along with biographical and career details, the profiles also examine the coaches’ strategic approaches, their impact on the history of the game, and the evolution of the coaching profession.

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In the early days of professional football, coaches were little more than on-field captains who also ran practices-if there was time for practice. The emergence of post-graduate football and the coaching profession from 1920 to 1950 was crucial to the evolution of the game, and both developed and rose in stature over this critical period in the history of football.In Pioneer Coaches of the NFL: Shaping the Game in the Days of Leather Helmets and 60-Minute Men, John Maxymuk profiles some of the most innovative coaches from the early days of the NFL, including Guy Chamberlin, Curly Lambeau, George Halas, Potsy Clark, and Clark Shaughnessy. Along with biographical sketches and career details, the profiles examine the coaches' strategic approaches, their impact on the history of the game, and the advancement of their roles both on and off the field. It was this group of coaches who initially devised the basic repertoire of plays and alignments, as well as passing routes, blocking schemes, shifts, and substitution patterns. These men morphed defensive alignments, introduced the four-man secondary, conceived zone and man-to-man coverage mixes, and concocted linebacker and safety blitzing. Pioneer Coaches of the NFL details how coaches from the first three decades of the NFL established many of the procedures, conventions, and strategies that modern football coaches still use today. These innovators presented those that followed them a rich palate with which to imagine and create an even greater game.

Autor

John Maxymuk is a reference librarian at Rutgers University, where he has worked for more than 25 years. He has written a dozen books on professional football history, including Pro Football Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary and The Quarterback Abstract. He has written for the New York Times football blog and has his own blog on Packer history called Packers Past Perfect. He has appeared in the NFL Films’ Top 10 series on the NFL Network and has written over 20 articles for Coffin Corner, the newsletter of the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA). In 2017, he was awarded the PFRA’s Ralph Hay Award for Lifetime Achievement in Football Research and Historiography.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.8.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 15 Illustrations including: - 15 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: All-America Football Conference • Clark Shaughnessy • Curly Lambeau • Football • football coaches • football coaching • Frtiz Pollard • george halas • Guy Chamberlain • LeRoy Andrew • National Football League • NFL • paul brown • Potsy Clark • pro football • pro football coaches • pro football coaching • Ray Flaherty
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1224-8 / 1538112248
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1224-3 / 9781538112243