George Allen

Author : Michael Richman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496238177

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George Allen by Michael Richman Pdf

George Allen was a fascinating and eccentric figure in the world of football coaching. His remarkable career spanned six decades, from the late 1940s until his sudden death in 1990 at the age of seventy-three. Although he never won a Super Bowl, he never had a losing season as an NFL head coach and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. In George Allen: A Football Life, Mike Richman captures the life and accomplishments of one of the most successful NFL coaches of all time and one of the greatest innovators in the game. A player’s coach, Allen was a tremendous motivator and game strategist, as well as a defensive mastermind, and is credited with making special teams a critical focus in an era in which they were an afterthought. He had a keen eye for talent and pulled off masterful trades, often for veteran players who were viewed to be past their prime, who then had great seasons and made his teams much better. In addition to his coaching feats, Allen had an idiosyncratic and controversial personality. His life revolved around football 24-7. One of his quirks was to minimize chewing time by consuming soft foods, giving himself more time to prepare for games and study opponents. He lived and breathed football; he compared losing to death. Allen had contentious relationships with the owners of the two NFL teams for which he was the head coach, the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams. Richman explores why he was fired by those teams and whether he was blackballed from coaching again in the NFL. Based on detailed research and interviews with family, former players, and coaches, George Allen is the definitive biography of the football coach who lived to win, loved a good challenge, and left a lasting legacy on pro football history.

Author : Lee Elder
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476645988

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Coach George Allen by Lee Elder Pdf

How did legendary football coach George Allen (1918-1990) consistently build winning teams at both the college and professional levels? This first full-length biography examines his applied philosophy of coaching through comprehensive coverage of his tenures at the collegiate level. His stormy relationships with team owners are detailed, along with his historic divorce from the Chicago Bears. The two most important plays of Allen's career are analyzed. Appendices provide a list of Allen's NFL trades, his key draft picks, a statistical breakdown of his NFL offenses and a comparison with other top coaches of his era.

Author : George Allen
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780976966814

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George Allen: A Senator Speaks Out On Liberty, Opportunity, and Security by George Allen Pdf

Author : George ALLEN (of Upper Mayfield.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1807
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019280650

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The Trial of George Allen, of Upper Mayfield, who was Executed at Stafford ... March 30, 1807, for the Wilful Murder of Three of His Children by George ALLEN (of Upper Mayfield.) Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:U183043959159

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Report of the Secretary of the Senate from ... by United States. Congress. Senate Pdf

Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 1885923805

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead by University of Chicago. Oriental Institute Pdf

Hope for life after death is evidenced even in prehistoric times in Upper Egypt. The first written aids for attaining and supporting life in the hereafter were the Pyramid Texts inscribed within royal tombs towards the end of the Old Kingdom. In the Middle Kingdom, many texts were borrowed from the pyramid chambers and mingled with new spells; this new form, which today we call Coffin Texts, was usually written inside coffins. These eventually gave way to what we now know as the Book of the Dead. The collections of spells were usually written on rolls of papyrus, that is, in the form of an Egyptian book. Presented here are seventy Book of the Dead documents housed in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. These documents, represented in whole or in part - all Eighteenth Dynasty or later - include seven papyri, three coffins, a shroud, a statuette, three stelae or similar and fifty-five ushabties. This is the first digital reprint of the 1960 publication.

Author : Mortimer Levering,Julia M. Wade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Shropshire sheep
ISBN : PSU:000055549899

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The American Shropshire Sheep Record by Mortimer Levering,Julia M. Wade Pdf

Author : George Allen,Joseph G. Pacelli
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Football
ISBN : 0880113707

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George Allen's Guide to Special Teams by George Allen,Joseph G. Pacelli Pdf

This book shows coaches of American football the plays, strategies, and drills they need to produce first-rate, special teams. This fully illustrated book reveals everything coaches need to know about kick-offs, kick returns, punts, punt returns, extra points, and gadget plays for every special teams situation.

Author : Illinois. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CHI:096851075

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Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society by Illinois. Dept. of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Illinois. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : WISC:89044280741

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Transactions of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois with Reports from County and District Agricultural Organizations for the Year ... by Illinois. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Mary Anna Fox
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368659431

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George Allen, the only Son by Mary Anna Fox Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1846.

Author : Eva Von Dassow
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0811864898

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Eva Von Dassow Pdf

Reissue of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani, the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered, restored in its original sequences of text and artwork.

Author : Christopher Scarf
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227901946

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The Ideal of Kingship in the Writings of Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien by Christopher Scarf Pdf

In his distinctive work, Christopher Scarf explores the writings of the three most prominent Oxford Inklings - Charles Williams (1886-1945), C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), and J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) - to reveal and contrast their conceptions of the ideal of 'kingship'; divine, human, and mythological. As practising Christians, the faith of all three writers was central to their literary and personal visions of kingship, society, love, beauty, justice and power. Scarf investigates their beliefin God as Creator and heavenly King, opinions on the nature of His very being, and the way in which all believed the Creator to be unique rather than one among many. The relationship between the earthly and heavenly King is considered, as well as the extent to which the writers contend that earthly kings are God's viceregents, act with His authority, and are duty-bound to establish and sustain just and joyous societies. Examining the writings of all three men in detail, Scarf also highlights the covert evidence of their lives and personalities which may be discovered in their texts. An understanding of the authors' individual but overlapping views of the essential meaning of Kingship, and their personalities and early lives, will enrichthe reader's appreciation of their created worlds. This volume provides a unique focus on Kingship and the Christian beliefs of three well-loved writers, and will be of interest to any reader seeking a fuller understanding of the individuals and their works.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1442 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210026414472

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Work Projects Administration
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 5991 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:4064066394653

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The Testimonies of Slaves by Work Projects Administration Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously collection of hundreds of life stories, recorded interviews and incredible vivid testimonies of former slaves from the American southern states, including photos of the people being interviewed and their extraordinary narratives. After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the former slaves. The Federal Writers' Project was one such project by the United States federal government to support writers during the Great Depression by asking them to interview and record the myriad stories and experiences of slavery of former slaves. The resulting collection preserved hundreds of life stories from 17 U.S. states that would otherwise have been lost in din of modernity and America's eagerness to deliberately forget the blot on its recent past. Contents: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia