Akron Canton Football Heritage

Author : Thomas Maroon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738540788
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Akron-Canton Football Heritage written by Thomas Maroon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football in the Akron-Canton area can be traced back to the 1890s with Buchtel College and John W. Heisman. In the early 1900s, multiple professional teams sprouted throughout the eastern Ohio region. Major powerhouses included the Canton Bulldogs, Akron Indians, and Massillon Pros. In 1920, the Akron Pros became the fi rst modern-day national champions of organized football. With the formation of the American Professional Football Association and the National Football League, many players and coaches with ties to the Akron-Canton region have become synonymous with football excellence. Today football in this area continues to play an integral part of life from the high school level to the college ranks to all types of professional football. Akron-Canton Football Heritage traces the rich and storied history of football in the region as well as the contribution of local players, coaches, and teams through pictures obtained from multiple collections. Football in the Akron-Canton area can be traced back to the 1890s with Buchtel College and John W. Heisman. In the early 1900s, multiple professional teams sprouted throughout the eastern Ohio region. Major powerhouses included the Canton Bulldogs, Akron Indians, and Massillon Pros. In 1920, the Akron Pros became the fi rst modern-day national champions of organized football. With the formation of the American Professional Football Association and the National Football League, many players and coaches with ties to the Akron-Canton region have become synonymous with football excellence. Today football in this area continues to play an integral part of life from the high school level to the college ranks to all types of professional football. Akron-Canton Football Heritage traces the rich and storied history of football in the region as well as the contribution of local players, coaches, and teams through pictures obtained from multiple collections.

Author : Thomas Maroon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738551135
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Akron-Canton Baseball Heritage written by Thomas Maroon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball has a strong presence in the Akron-Canton area dating back to its formative years in the late 1880s with such teams as the Akron Acorns (1887), the Akron Akrons (1890), and the Canton Nadjys (1889). In the 1920s, manufacturing companies such as Goodyear and Firestone fielded baseball teams that battled for local bragging rights and opportunities for players to make the big leagues. Along with these industrial leagues, professional baseball found its way to the Akron-Canton area with minor-league teams including the Akron Yankees (1935-1941), the Canton-Akron Indians (1989-1996), and the Akron Aeros (1997-). In addition to teams affiliated with major-league ball clubs, this area gave birth to independent teams such as the Canton Crocodiles (1997-2001), the Canton Coyotes (2002), and others. Besides professional baseball gracing local fields, nearby universities have storied baseball programs of their own. These schools have turned out such major-league greats as Eugene Michael, Thurman Munson, and 1980 Cy Young winner Steve Stone. Akron-Canton Baseball Heritage offers a unique look into the history of baseball in the region with historic and present-day photographs.

Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610753494
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rivals written by David K. Wiggins and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.

Author : Dick & Jackie Stodghill
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615242626
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Akron High School Football written by Dick & Jackie Stodghill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete history of high school football in Akron, Ohio from the first game in 1892 through the season of 1999. Every school, both public and parochial, past and present, is represented. Included are the scores of every game, coaches records, all-city teams, photos, and thousands of words of text.

Author : Partners Book Distributing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Author : Rafer Johnson
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ISBN 13 : 9781587654756
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Great Athletes written by Rafer Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the greatest players in college and pro football, including the inspirational stories of Pat Tillman and Tedy Bruschi.

Author : William H. Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147664716X
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book Marion Motley written by William H. Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a star linebacker for the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s and 1950s, Marion Motley invented the modern concept of the fullback. In 1946, he and three other players broke professional football's color barrier, helping set the stage for Jackie Robinson's desegregation of Major League baseball in 1947. Retiring with five championships and the universal respect of his peers, Motley returned to ordinary life as a black man in pre-Civil Rights Act America. Because his career pre-dated nationally televised football, Motley's name is largely unknown today, when a figure of his stature would enjoy celebrity as a coach or owner. This first ever biography tells the story of the football player Sports Illustrated's Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman described as the greatest ever to take the field.

Author : Joseph B. Oxendine
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Total Pages : 1200 pages
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Total Pages : 694 pages
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