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
Table of Contents:
  • 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.