Slingin' Sam the life and times of the greatest quarterback ever to play the game /

Main Author: Holley, Joe.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10629560
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260 |a Austin :  |b University of Texas Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a xvii, 172 p., [176] p. of plates :  |b ill., ports. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Peyton Manning -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sam Baugh: The Beginning -- Chapter 2. Dutch Meyer: Short, Safe, Sure -- Chapter 3. 1934: The Baugh Era at TCU Begins -- Chapter 4. 1935: That Championship Season -- Chapter 5. George Preston Marshall: Football Impresario -- Chapter 6. Marshall's Redskins: Boston Born but D.C. Bound -- Chapter 7. 1936: Baugh's Senior Year at TCU -- Chapter 8. 1937: Slingin' Sam Chooses a Career -- Chapter 9. The 1937 Season: Baugh and the Redskins Debut in Washington -- Chapter 10. The 1937 NFL Championship: Slaying the Monsters of the Midway -- Chapter 11. Cardinal Sam? Baugh Tries the Major Leagues -- Chapter 12. The 1938 and 1939 Redskins: Giant Victims -- Chapter 13. The 1940 NFL Championship: The Monsters' Revenge000 -- Chapter 14. Go West, Young Sam: Hollywood Calling -- Chapter 15. The Newest Thing under Heaven: The Double Mountain Ranch -- Chapter 16. 1941: A Lackluster Season and a Day of Infamy -- Chapter 17. The 1942 Season: Avenging 73-0 -- Chapter 18. 1943: A Baugh Trifecta and Another Championship Lost -- Chapter 19. 1944 and 1945: Yet Another Missed Championship and the End of an Era -- Chapter 20. The 1946 and 1947 Seasons: The Dismal Years Begin000 -- Chapter 21. 1948-1952: Last Years with the Redskins -- Chapter 22. A Rancher Coaching Cowboys: Baugh at Hardin-Simmons University -- Chapter 23. Back to the Pros: Coaching the Titans and the Oilers -- Chapter 24. Ranching, Rodeoing, and Golfing: Sam in Retirement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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