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The Columbus Panhandles. A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922.
Chris Willis
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Description for The Columbus Panhandles. A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922.
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. The railroad workers, mainly European immigrants, learned the game of football not on college gridirons, but on the sandlots of railroad yards during their lunch breaks. With the leadership of an innovative team manager and its tough physical play, the Panhandles went on to play for more than twenty years as one of the most successful teams in the rag-tag days of professional football. Incorporating original interviews and actual newspaper accounts, Chris Willis recreates the largely ... Read more
In 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. The railroad workers, mainly European immigrants, learned the game of football not on college gridirons, but on the sandlots of railroad yards during their lunch breaks. With the leadership of an innovative team manager and its tough physical play, the Panhandles went on to play for more than twenty years as one of the most successful teams in the rag-tag days of professional football. Incorporating original interviews and actual newspaper accounts, Chris Willis recreates the largely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810858930
SKU
V9780810858930
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Chris Willis
Chris Willis is head of the Research Library, NFL Films, a position he has held since 1996. He is the author of Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 (2005) and The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr (2010), both published by Scarecrow Press.
Reviews for The Columbus Panhandles. A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922.
Willis provides a history of the Columbus Panhandles, a football team from Columbus, Ohio, that thrived from 1900-1922. Along with materials from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Ohio Historical Society, he uses interviews with family members of players and newspaper accounts to tell the story of each season and profile key players in the team's history. Also ... Read more