Last Team Standing: How the Steelers and the Eagles-- The ""Steagles""--Saved Pro Football During World War II - Couverture rigide

Algeo, Matthew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0306814722 ISBN 13 : 9780306814723

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Algeo Matthew

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During World War II, the National Football League faced a crisis unimaginable today: a shortage of players. By 1943, so many players were in the armed forces that the league was forced to fold one team (the Cleveland Rams) and merge two others: the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Thus were the Steagles born. The Steagles included military draft rejects, aging stars lured out of retirement, and even a couple of active servicemen who managed to get leave for the games. The center was deaf in one ear, the wide receiver was blind in one eye (and partially blind in the other), and the halfback had bleeding ulcers. One player was so old he'd never before played football with a helmet. Yet, somehow, this motley bunch managed to post a winning record--the first in the history of the Eagles and just the second in the history of the Steelers. But Last Team Standing isn't just about football. It's also about life in the United States during World War II, a time of fear and hope, of sacrifice and momentous change. It's about rationing, racism, and Rosie the Riveter. It's about draft boards, bond drives, the A-bomb, and movie stars. Above all, it's about the men and women of the Greatest Generation who couldn't fight, but helped win the war in immeasurable ways.

Biographie de l'auteur

Matthew Algeo is a public radio reporter whose stories have appeared on All Things Considered” and Marketplace.” He and his wife, Allyson, divide their time between Mali, West Africa, and Tennessee.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0306814722
• ISBN 13: 9780306814723
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288