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Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Autor Edward J. Rielly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2009
Football. Far more than a game, America’s favorite spectator sport is an intrinsic part of the nation’s popular culture—a proving ground for high school athletes, a springboard for stars, a multimillion-dollar business, and a vast entertainment enterprise. Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture provides a detailed look at America’s pastime through the lens of pop culture, a fascinating A-to-Z inventory of how certain aspects of the game affect and reflect broader society.
 
From African Americans in football to the meaning of Zero in the sport, this volume profiles players and personalities, teams and events, games and football concepts, and sociological and technological changes in the sport. The goal is not to name every Hall of Famer or to retell the game’s entire history, but to give a clear and detailed account of where, in football history, the importance of people and events extends beyond the playing field. Its wide-ranging entries examine such names as Joe Montana and Byron “Whizzer” White and phenomena from concussions, mascots, team names, and literature to U.S. presidents and football’s presence in television commercials. The encyclopedia covers all levels of play—professional, collegiate, high school, and youth—offering a from-the-ground-up, gridiron look at the game of football within the matrix of American culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780803290129
ISBN-10: 0803290128
Pagini: 456
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Bison Original
Colecția Bison Books
Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

Edward J. Rielly is a professor of English at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine. He is the author of several books, including Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, available in a Bison Books edition.

Cuprins

Preface    
African Americans (College)  
African Americans (Professional)   
Agents     
All-America Football Conference    
American Football League (<SC>i, ii, iii</SC>) 
American Football League (<SC>iv</SC>)    American Indians 
Apparel    
Arctic Football  
Arena Football   
AstroTurf  
Autry, Carlos Alan (b. 1952) 
Baugh, Samuel Adrian (Slingin’ Sammy, the Texas Tornado) (1914<EN>2008)
Bednarik, Charles Philip (Concrete Charlie) (b. 1925)
Belichick, William Stephen (b. 1952)     
Big Hit    
Black College Football 
Bowden, Robert Cleckler (Bobby) (b. 1929)
Bowl Games 
Bradshaw, Terry Paxton (b. 1948)   
Brady, Thomas Edward, Jr. (b. 1977)
Brown, James Nathaniel (b. 1936)   
Brown, Johnny Mack (the Dothan Antelope) (1904<EN>1974)    
Brown, Paul Eugene (1908<EN>1991)  
Bryant, Paul William (Bear) (1913<EN>1983)     
Camp, Walter Chauncey (the Father of American Football) (1859<EN>1925) 
Canadian Football League     
Canton Bulldogs  
Carlisle Indian Industrial School  
Celebrations     
Cheating   
Cheerleaders     
Coin Toss  
Commercials and Advertisements     
Commissioners    
Concussions
Cosell, Howard William (1918<EN>1995)    
Crime
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders  
Davis, Allen (Al) (b. 1929)  
Davis, Ernie (the Elmira Express) (1939<EN>1963)     
Disabilities     
Ditka, Michael Keller, Jr. (Iron Mike, Da Coach) (b. 1939) 
Dogfighting
Downtown Athletic Club 
Draft
Drive, The 
Dropkick   
Education  
Eliot, Charles William (1834<EN>1926)    
Elway, John Albert (b. 1960) 
Equipment  
Extreme Football 
Eyeglasses 
Falwell, Jerry Lamon (1933<EN>2007)
Fantasy Football 
Favre, Brett Lorenzo (b. 1969)     
Films
Fitzgerald, F. (Francis) Scott Key (1896<EN>1940)    
Flag Football    
Flying Wedge     
Forward Pass     
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame  
Friday Night Lights    Gambling   
Gangs and Street Violence    
Gibbs, Joe Jackson (b. 1940) 
Gifford, Frank Newton (the Giffer) (b. 1930)   
Gil Thorp  Gipp, George (the Gipper) (1895<EN>1920) 
Globalism  
Golden Dome
Graham, Otto Everett, Jr. (Automatic Otto) (1921<EN>2003)  
Grambling State University   
Grandfathers     
Grange, Harold Edward (Red, the Galloping Ghost) (1903<EN>1991)  
Greatest Game     Greene, Charles Edward Joseph (Mean Joe) (b. 1946)   
Gridiron   
Gun Violence     
“Hail Mary” Pass 
Halas, George Stanley (Papa Bear) (1895<EN>1983)     
Hall of Fame (College) 
Hall of Fame (Professional)  
Hay, Ralph E. (1891<EN>1944) 
Hayes, Wayne Woodrow (Woody) (1913<EN>1987)    
Heffelfinger, William W. (Pudge) (1867<EN>1954)
Heisman, John William (1869<EN>1936)     
Heisman Trophy   
Hirsch, Elroy Leon (Crazylegs) (1923<EN>2004)  
Hnida, Katharine Anne (Katie) (b. 1981)  
Holy Roller
Hornung, Paul Vernon (the Golden Boy) (b. 1935)
Hudson, Donald Edward (b. 1929)    
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy  
Ice Bowl   
Immaculate Reception   
Instant Replay   
Internet   
Ivy League 
Jackson, Vincent Edward (Bo) (b. 1962)   
Jewelry (Bling)  
Katrina (Hurricane)    
Kennedy, John F., Assassination of 
Kerouac, Jack (Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) (1922<EN>1969)
Kickoffs   
Korean War 
Labor-Management Relations   
Landry, Thomas Wade (1924<EN>2)    
Language   
Leahy, Francis William (Frank) (1908<EN>1973)  
Literature 
Little Rock Central Tigers   
Lombardi, Vincent Thomas (1913<EN>1970)  
Madden, John Earl (b. 1936)  
Magazines  
Manning, Peyton Williams (b. 1976) 
Marino, Daniel Constantine, Jr. (b. 1961)
Marshall University Air Tragedy    
Mascots and Team Names 
McNally, John Victor (Johnny Blood, the Vagabond Halfback) (1903<EN>1985)    
Middle Age 
Monday Night Football  Montana, Joseph Clifford (the Comeback Kid, Joe Cool) (b. 1956)  
Moss, Randy Gene (b. 1977)   
Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside   
Music
Nagurski, Bronislaw (Bronko) (1908<EN>1990)    
Namath, Joseph William (Joe Willie, Broadway Joe) (b. 1943)
Newspapers 
Newsreels  
<SC>nfl</SC> Junior Player Development   
Nicknames  
Obesity    
Officials (Zebras)     
Ohio League
Olsen, Merlin Jay (b. 1940)  
Oorang Indians   
Page, Alan Cedric (b. 1945)  
Parcells, Duane Charles (Bill, the Big Tuna) (b. 1941)     
Parseghian, Ara Raoul (b. 1923)    
Paterno, Joseph Vincent (JoPa) (b. 1926) 
Payton, Walter Jerry (Sweetness) (1954<EN>1999)
Peanuts    Perfection 
Perry, William Anthony (the Refrigerator, the Fridge) (b. 1962)  
Plimpton, George Ames (1927<EN>2003)     
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809<EN>1849)    
Politicians
Pollard, Frederick Douglass (Fritz) (1894<EN>1986)   
Pop Warner Little Scholars   
Practice Squad   
Presidents of the United States    
Professional Football Origins
Punt, Pass & Kick
Purdue’s Golden Girl   
Quarterback
Radio
Radio Helmet     
Religion   
Retirement 
Rice, Grantland (1880<EN>1954)     
Rice, Jerry Lee (World) (b. 1962)  
Rivalries  
Robeson, Paul Leroy Bustill (1898<EN>1976)     
Robinson, Eddie Gay (1919<EN>2007) 
Rockne, Knute Kenneth (1888<EN>1931)     
Rooney Rule
Rugby
Saban, Nick Lou (b. 1951)    
Sanders, Barry David (b. 1968)     
Sanders, Deion Luwynn (Neon Deion, Prime Time) (b. 1967)   
Sayers, Gale Eugene (b. 1943)
Scouts     
September 11 Terrorist Attacks     
Sexuality  
Shotgun Formation
Shula, Donald Francis (b. 1930)    
Simpson, Orenthal James (O.J., the Juice) (b. 1947)  
Six-Man (Eight- and Nine-Man) Football   
Stagg, Amos Alonzo (the Grand Old Man of the Midway) (1862<EN>1965)    
Substance Abuse  
Subway Alumni    
Suicide    
Super Bowl 
Tailgating 
Tank McNamara     Taylor, Lawrence Julius (b. 1959)   Television BroadcastingText Messaging/Instant Messaging   
Thanksgiving     
Thorpe, James Francis (Wa-Tho-Huk) (1888<EN>1953)    
Tillman, Patrick Daniel (1976<EN>2004)   
Title <SC>ix</SC>
Tittle, Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) (b. 1926)     
Tomlinson, LaDainian (<SC>lt</SC>) (b. 1979)   
Touch Football   
Touchdown Jesus   Trades     
Trading Cards    
Trick Plays Triple Crown     
Unitas, John Constantine (Johnny U, the Golden Arm) (1933<EN>2002)     
United States Football League
Upshaw, Eugene Thurman, Jr. (1945<EN>2008)     
Vietnam War
Walker, Ewell Doak, Jr. (the Doaker, Dynamite Doak, Dauntless Doak) (1927<EN>1998) 
Walsh, William Ernest (the Genius) (1931<EN>2007)    
Ward, Arch (the Cecil B. de Mille of Sports) (1896<EN>1955)
Warner, Glen Scobey (Pop) (1871<EN>1954) 
Wheaties   
White, Byron Raymond (Whizzer) (1917<EN>2002)  
White, Reginald Howard (Reggie, the Minister of Defense) (1961<EN>2004)
Wild Card  
Wildfires  
Williams, Errick Lynne, Jr. (Ricky) (b. 1977)  
Wine 
Women Players    
World Football League  
World War <SC>i</SC>   
World War <SC>ii</SC>  
X’s and O’s
Yost, Fielding Harris (Hurry Up) (1871<EN>1946)
Young, Jon Steven (Steve) (b. 1961)
Zero 
Index
 

Recenzii

"Armchair quarterbacks as well as pop-culture junkies will enjoy diving into this informative and wide-ranging A-Z rundown on the players, teams, epic match-ups, concepts, equipment, expressions and other assorted gridiron odds 'n' ends that have made football an intrinsic part of American life."—Neil Pond, American Profile

"From African Americans to the number Zero, this clever and informative book is designed to acquaint you with the developments in the game, the major players, coaches and innovators, and the cultural influences on (and from) the great game of football."—Doc Kirby, Book Bit, WTBF-AM/FM

"A treasure trove of information for fans and history/culture lovers alike."—Kevin Holtsberry, Collected Miscellany

"For those who want a better overall understanding of the gridiron game, Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture . . . is an excellent starting point."—Ron Kaplan, ForeWord

"[Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture] is an interesting collection of items and essays. . . . It is a reference work worthy of a library, whether university, public, or personal."—Richard C. Crepeau, Arete