Tales From 1978 79 Alabama Football A Time Of Champions

Author : Steven Townsend
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613214923

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Tales from 1978-79 Alabama Football: A Time of Champions by Steven Townsend Pdf

If there was ever a sequence of plays that epitomized the steely resolution Paul William Bryant instilled in his football teams, it occurred in the fourth quarter of the 1979 Sugar Bowl in the national championship showdown with No. 1 Penn State. Those plays, forever commemorated in Crimson Tide football lore by timeless photos, paintings and video images, highlighted the Bryant canons of football and life: sacrifice, teamwork, pride, poise, confidence, determination and a sheer will to win. Although a quarter-century has now elapsed since those last two national championship seasons, Alabama fans have hardly relinquished the memories of a glorious past. Tales of the 1978-79 Alabama Football: A Time of Champion is a collection of behind-the-scenes stories and incidents that separated the Crimson Tide from the rest of the college football world during the high-tide times of Coach Bryant and his teams. It's about intimate moments with Coach Bryant with close friends, his staff and his players. It's about the coaches and players, and it's about being No. 1. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Steve Townsend
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1613211449

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Tales from 1978-79 Alabama Football: A Time of Champions by Steve Townsend Pdf

If there was ever a sequence of plays that epitomized the steely resolution Paul William Bryant instilled in his football teams, it occurred in the fourth quarter of the 1979 Sugar Bowl in the national championship showdown with No. 1 Penn State. Those plays, forever commemorated in Crimson Tide football lore by timeless photos, paintings and video images, highlighted the Bryant canons of football and life: sacrifice, teamwork, pride, poise, confidence, determination and a sheer will to win. Although a quarter-century has now elapsed since those last two national championship seasons, Alabama fans have hardly relinquished the memories of a glorious past. Tales of the 1978-79 Alabama Football: A Time of Champion is a collection of behind-the-scenes stories and incidents that separated the Crimson Tide from the rest of the college football world during the high-tide times of Coach Bryant and his teams. It's about intimate moments with Coach Bryant with close friends, his staff and his players. It's about the coaches and players, and it's about being No. 1.

Author : Ron Maly
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : College sports
ISBN : 1582615748

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Tales from the Iowa Sidelines by Ron Maly Pdf

This book goes behind the scenes of one of the nation's most successful and storied men's athletic programs, from Anderson's Ironmen to Hayden Fry, war heroes to Heisman Trophy-winners.

Author : Jay Upchurch
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 1582613206

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Tales from the Sooner Sidelines by Jay Upchurch Pdf

A glimpse, often with a behind-the-scenes perspective, into the tradition surrounding Oklahoma football is provided through dozens of stories describing individual and team triumphs.

Author : Doug Griffiths,Alan Karpick,Tom Schott
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1582613257

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Tales from the Boilermaker Country by Doug Griffiths,Alan Karpick,Tom Schott Pdf

Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant and triumphant, often amazing, but always uniquely human. Thus describes the stories emanating from the proud athletic tradition of Purdue University -- nearly 200 stories, as a matter of fact. Tales from Boilermaker Country includes stories about some of the most colorful characters in the school's past, such as Mike Alstott, Lin Dunn, Gene Keady, George King, Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Jack Mollenkopf, Michael "Scooby" Scearce, and Moose Skowron, to name a few. Tales from Boilermaker Country takes you back to the early days and the origins of Boilermaker sports, when the team traveled by train, and continues through the digital age, when Heisman Trophy hopeful Drew Brees was promoted for the award in cyberspace. The stories in this help to explain why fans of this Big Ten school are as loyal as they come -- and why the history of Boilermaker sports makes it one of the most interesting stories in all of major collegiate athletics.

Author : Marty Mulé
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Football players
ISBN : 9781596700055

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Game of My Life by Marty Mulé Pdf

A continuing and on-going drama, LSU football is a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats, and within Game Of My Life: LSU Tigers the players responsible for perpetual story lift the curtain on their greatest acts. Here are the accounts of almost three dozen of the most remembered Tiger games of the last eight decades, as seen through the eyes -- and from the memories -- of some of LSU's most remembered athletes.Award-winning author and Louisiana-native Marty Muli takes you from the jumpy Ken Kavanaugh, a decorated bomber pilot who, in 1939, was nervous on his first plane ride en route to his four-touchdown day against Eastern-power Holy Cross; to the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and JaMarcus Russell's last-gasp, game-winning touchdown pass against Arizona State for the displaced Bayou Bengals. In between, you hear from Billy Cannon as he decided to break a team rule and return a deep punt against Ole Miss. Run with Devery Henderson as he took a tipped pass out of the air to complete a 75-yard game-winning Hail Mary play with no time remaining against Kentucky. Shine with Tommy Hodson and Eddie Fuller on "The Night the Tigers Shook the Earth," as they deprived Auburn of a shot at the national title. Hold the fort with Max Fugler as he single-handedly stopped Ole Miss on four straight plays from inside the LSU 2-yard line. Carlos Carson's stunning NCAA-record five straight receptions for touchdowns against Rice; Kevin Faulk's 376 all-purpose yards to spearhead an amazing comeback against Houston; Ronnie Estay's 17-tackle game against Notre Dame; and Jim Taylor's 1957 heroics on offense and defense against Tulane to save Paul Dietzel's job -- and perhaps the '58national championship -- all appear in this volume of LSU history. Players such as Matt Mauck, Rohan Davey, and Marcus Spear also add their words to this storied collection that becomes a must-have for any true Tiger fan and Bayou football lov

Author : Paul Keels
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 158261539X

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Paul Keels' Tales from the Buckeyes Championship Season by Paul Keels Pdf

The 2002 national championship season is just part of the journey through the history of Ohio State football featured in this collection of stories from radio play-by-play announcer Keels.

Author : Michael R. Steele
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 1582612919

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The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia by Michael R. Steele Pdf

Limited Leatherbound Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Mirko Jurkovic, Ted Burgmeier, Andy Heck, John Scully, Hunter Smith, Bob Crable and Daniel Rudy Ruettiger. Includes certificate of authenticity. The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia is written in a unique, easy-to-read style that brings to life the exploits of Notre Dame legends such as Knute Rockne, Joe Montana, the Four Horsemen, and former coach Lou Holtz. It also reviews great moments of Fighting Irish football, including the school's 21 bowl appearances, the unforgettable Game of the Century versus Michigan State in 1966, Notre Dame's 11 national championships, and its traditional battles against Michigan, Southern California, and others.

Author : Allen Barra
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393254570

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The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant by Allen Barra Pdf

The explosive biography of the greatest college football coach in history. When Paul William "Bear" Bryant died on January 26, 1983, it was the lead story on the all three networks' evening news. New York City newspapers reported his death on their front pages. Three days later, America watched in awe as an estimated quarter of a million mourners lined the fifty-five mile stretch from Tuscaloosa to a Birmingham cemetery to pay their respects as his three-mile long funeral cortege drove by. Bryant's passing was noted with the kind of reverence our country reserved for statesmen or military leaders, though Paul "Bear" Bryant had insisted for much of his life that he was "just a football coach." For millions he was much more, he was the greatest coach the game ever saw, the heir to the tradition established by Knute Rockne. He took his Alabama Crimson Tide teams to an unmatched six national championships. But to the players, journalists and fans whose lives he touched in his more than half a century as a player and coach, he was the last symbol of values that transcended football—courage, discipline, loyalty, and hard work. To his critics, Bryant represented the dark side of big-time college football—brutality, fanaticism and blind adherence to authority. The real Bear Bryant was far more complex than either his admirers or detractors knew. While maintaining a public friendship with Alabama governor George Wallace, he continually sought ways to undermine the governor's segregationist policies, finally forcing a legendary football game in Birmingham with the University of Southern California that opened the floodgates to the integration of football at the University of Alabama, including its coaching staff. Old fashioned in his politics, he was nonetheless an admirer of Robert Kennedy, whom he planning to vote for in 1968. Allen Barra's The Last Coach traces Paul Bryant's rise from a family of truck farmers to recognition as the most successful and influential coach in the game's history. Through it all, Bryant's influence has not only endured but prevailed as his former players and assistants continue to define the best in not only college but professional football. A USA Today and Washington Post Best Sports Book.

Author : John David Briley
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0881460257

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Career in Crisis by John David Briley Pdf

This study of a watershed year in Bear Bryant's legendary football career shows the potential for sports history to educate us about the broader cultural context. The author brings a unique perspective: and insider;s knowledge of Bryant and the Alabama football program, along with a scholar's objectivity. Historians of the modern South and modern America will benefit from this close case study of a social change in sports.

Author : Christopher Walsh
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633196445

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100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Christopher Walsh Pdf

Since the inception of the Alabama football program in 1892, Crimson Tide has claimed 14 National Championship titles, all of which are explored in this guide. The book zeros in on critical moments, such as when running back Mark Ingram became the first Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy in 2009, despite the team being led to six championships from 1958 to 1982 by the celebrated coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, as well as key figures from the college's history. This updated version includes highlights from the 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015 championship seasons.

Author : Jean-Jacques Taylor,Ron Ingram,Rubin E. Grant
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Football
ISBN : 9781596700598

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Tales from Alabama Prep Football by Jean-Jacques Taylor,Ron Ingram,Rubin E. Grant Pdf

Intelligently delivered, this book captures the aura that is Alabama football while painting each page with the state's prep-pigskin history. Highlights the state's college and high school football traditions.

Author : Benny Marshall
Publisher : Fire Ant Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UCSC:32106017010122

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All-time Greatest Alabama Sports Stories by Benny Marshall Pdf

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Author : Tommy Hicks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683580416

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Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide by Tommy Hicks Pdf

Alabama’s football legends recall their greatest moments in this newly updated edition of Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide. From Harry Gilmer and his excellent play in the 1946 Rose Bowl to Antonio Langham’s heroics in the 1992 game against Florida that led the Crimson Tide to the Sugar Bowl, Alabama has had more than its share of great games, great players, and great moments, including its win over Clemson in the 2015 national championship. In Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide, Tommy Hicks takes readers behind the scenes and onto the field with some of the greatest Crimson Tide players ever. Fans will discover the simple advice and prediction head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant gave his team before the 1967 Auburn game won by quarterback Ken Stabler’s famous "run in the mud." Ken Stabler, Mike Shula, Brodie Croyle, Lee Roy Jordan, Cornelius Bennett, Billy Neighbors, Woodrow Lowe, Joey Jones, Bobby Humphrey, Greg McElroy, and many others all share their memories of the most defining, poignant, and heart-stopping games they ever played in. Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide highlights some of the games and moments that have added to the tradition of Alabama football.

Author : Ed Bowker Staff,Staff Bowker, Ed
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 3274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0835246426

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Books In Print 2004-2005 by Ed Bowker Staff,Staff Bowker, Ed Pdf