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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “LIKE NEW.”
- ISBN
- 9781538107546
- Subject Area
- Sports & Recreation, Education, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog : How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Coaching / Football, Higher, History, Football, Sports
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 21.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1538107546
ISBN-13
9781538107546
eBay Product ID (ePID)
248193823
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Publication Name
Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog : How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Coaching / Football, Higher, History, Football, Sports
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-051790
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Friedman captures the beginning of Big Time Football in America in a colorful and interesting read about a Harvard football legend., Mr. Friedman does an excellent job of tracing the history of Coach Haughton.... [T]his book was a great historical read of that time frame of the game and the intense rivalry between Harvard and Yale. I recommend it for any football library., This timely book will have a broad appeal--even more so than it would have just a few years ago due to the recent controversies surrounding the modern game. From medical issues and concern over violence to corruption and astronomical head coaching salaries, this book touches on many of the problems that plague the game today, only excluding political protests. It provides a detailed biography of Percy Haughton--the football genius and Harvard coach--as well as a history of the sport he so dearly loved through some of its defining early moments. Haughton made many game-changing contributions to the sport's modern incarnation in the early 20th century during his career as an Ivy League coach--first at Cornell but most prominently at Harvard. Friedman, a sports journalist, is not a scholar in the traditional sense, but there seems to be no other sports historian that could have written such a detailed and thorough account, documenting both the history of football and the person who arguably changed the game. Ultimately, this book is a fun and engaging read.game. Ultimately, this book is a fun and engaging read.game. Ultimately, this book is a fun and engaging read.game. Ultimately, this book is a fun and engaging read., This timely book will have a broad appeal--even more so than it would have just a few years ago due to the recent controversies surrounding the modern game. From medical issues and concern over violence to corruption and astronomical head coaching salaries, this book touches on many of the problems that plague the game today, only excluding political protests. It provides a detailed biography of Percy Haughton--the football genius and Harvard coach--as well as a history of the sport he so dearly loved through some of its defining early moments. Haughton made many game-changing contributions to the sport's modern incarnation in the early 20th century during his career as an Ivy League coach--first at Cornell but most prominently at Harvard. Friedman, a sports journalist, is not a scholar in the traditional sense, but there seems to be no other sports historian that could have written such a detailed and thorough account, documenting both the history of football and the person who arguably changed the game. Ultimately, this book is a fun and engaging read., With wit and grace, Dick Friedman conjures a vanished era of American football, when young men bereft of helmets drop-kicked four-point field goals, Harvard bestrode the gridiron like colossi, and the redoubtable Percy Haughton midwifed the modern game into existence. If the Harvard coach has largely been forgotten, The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog restores him to his proper place alongside Pop Warner, Amos Alonzo Stagg, and Walter Camp as a giant of a golden age. This is a masterly account, persuasive and entertaining.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
796.332092
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: Two Brickleys, A Century Apart 1: P.D. Strangles the Bulldog 2: Death in the Afternoon 3: Haughton Cuts Camp Off at the Pass 4: "Here Is the Theoretical Superplayer in Flesh and Blood" 5: The da Vinci of the Dropkick 6: The System 7: Brickley 15, Yale 5 8: The Football Industrial Complex 9: "Yale Supplied the Bowl . . . But Harvard Had the Punch" 10: Poor Eli's Hopes We Are Dashing 11: From Soldiers Field to Flanders Field, and Beyond Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
Synopsis
This book details the life of Percy Haughton, college football's first modern coach. A true innovator of the game, his Harvard squads went 71-7-5 during his tenure and were deemed national champions three times. In many ways, college football in the 1910s resembled what we still see today. A half century old, there were already concerns about violence and corruption. There were skyrocketing coaches' salaries, stadium arms races, bragging rights, and meddling boosters. There were recruiting excesses and cheating. And from Harvard coach Percy Duncan Haughton, there was a sophistication of football that would surprise many fans today. In The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football, Dick Friedman tells the fascinating story of a football genius. The sport's first modern coach, Haughton systematized the game and utilized passing, speed, and deception. In nine seasons at Harvard, Haughton's squads went 71-7-5 and three times during his tenure the Crimson were deemed national champions. Haughton's system perfected line blocking, employed tactics such as the delayed handoff, and eschewed huddles. His practices were scripted to the minute and he had revolutionary ideas on conditioning. The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog is not only a captivating biography of an influential coach from the early days of college football; it is also a history of the sport itself. Featuring timeless photos and tirelessly researched, this book provides valuable insight into the game today-how it has evolved and how it has stayed surprisingly the same., This is the biography of Percy Haughton, college football's first modern coach. A true innovator, Haughton systematized the game in the early 1900s when it changed from a plodding push-and-pull affair to a wide-open game utilizing passing and speed. In nine seasons at Harvard, Haughton's squads went 71-7-5 and were national champions three times., This book details the life of Percy Haughton, college football's first modern coach. A true innovator of the game, his Harvard squads went 71-7-5 during his tenure and were deemed national champions three times. In many ways, college football in the 1910s resembled what we still see today. A half century old, there were already concerns about violence and corruption. There were skyrocketing coaches' salaries, stadium arms races, bragging rights, and meddling boosters. There were recruiting excesses and cheating. And from Harvard coach Percy Duncan Haughton, there was a sophistication of football that would surprise many fans today. In The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football, Dick Friedman tells the fascinating story of a football genius. The sport's first modern coach, Haughton systematized the game and utilized passing, speed, and deception. In nine seasons at Harvard, Haughton's squads went 71-7-5 and three times during his tenure the Crimson were deemed national champions. Haughton's system perfected line blocking, employed tactics such as the delayed handoff, and eschewed huddles. His practices were scripted to the minute and he had revolutionary ideas on conditioning. The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog is not only a captivating biography of an influential coach from the early days of college football; it is also a history of the sport itself. Featuring timeless photos and tirelessly researched, this book provides valuable insight into the game today--how it has evolved and how it has stayed surprisingly the same.
LC Classification Number
GV939.H463F75 2018
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