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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Umphlett, Wiley Lee, 1931- Creating the big game. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1992 (OCoLC)645865203 |
| Named Person: | John W Heisman; John William Heisman; John W Heisman |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wiley Lee Umphlett |
| ISBN: | 0313284040 9780313284045 |
| OCLC Number: | 25632521 |
| Description: | xiv, 269 : 1 port. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | In search of a man and his game -- Young Heisman and the origins of his game (1869-1891) -- Coach Heisman, football missionary: the game spreads (1892-1903) -- Heisman and the coming of the forward pass (1904-1911) -- Heisman and the shaping of the modern game (1912-1919) -- Heisman and football's golden age: the big game goes national (1920-1927) -- The inception of the Heisman trophy: memorializing the coach, the player, and their game (1928-1936) -- The Heisman legacy -- John W. Heisman's coaching record, 1892-1927. |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 34. |
| Responsibility: | Wiley Lee Umphlett. |
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- Heisman, John W. -- (John William), -- 1869-1936.
- Football coaches -- United States -- Biography.
- Football -- United States -- History.
- American football
- United States
- Heisman, John William -- (1869-1936).
- Football -- Entraîneurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
- Football -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
- Heisman, John W.
- American Football
- Geschichte.
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