Books for the Football Fan in Your Life

A football fan knows every season has a story, written in yards, played in points, and told in grit. Our football books celebrate storied teams from the earliest days of football to today. Discover the hidden histories of beloved NFL teams like the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers. Or uncover football’s college origins, Princeton vs. Rutgers in 1869. Or relive epic college rivalries like Carolina vs. Clemson or the 80-year history of USC vs. Notre Dame. As Knute Rockne might have said, “Win one for the giver”, by giving ‘em the gift of great gridiron stories.
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Southlake Carroll Dragon Football
Southlake Carroll Dragon Football
$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%
Golden Hurricane Football at The University of Tulsa
Golden Hurricane Football at The University of Tulsa
$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%
Stephenville Yellow Jacket Football
Stephenville Yellow Jacket Football
$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%
Texas High School Football Dynasties
Texas High School Football Dynasties
$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%
Football and Integration in Plano, Texas
Football and Integration in Plano, Texas
$21.99 $15.39 Save 30%

Southlake Carroll Dragon Football

9781467134439

$24.99 $17.49 Save 30%
High school football has been called Texas's favorite pastime. If you follow the sport, you have heard of the Southlake Carroll Dragons. That is what happens when a district wins eight state football championships and three national high school championships. The Dragon tradition began in 1959 with the formation of the Carroll Independent School District. With the growth of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, families were attracted to Southlake and the school district's high academic standards and competitive football program. Some of the most successful Texas high school football coaches have blown their whistles in Dragon Stadium--Bob Ledbetter, Todd Dodge, Hal Wasson, and others have kept the Dragons in the record books.
Southlake Carroll Dragon Football

Golden Hurricane Football at The University of Tulsa

9780738532745

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Since 1895, The University of Tulsa has consistently produced high quality football teams and players despite being one of Division 1-A's smallest institutions. From the perennial bowl teams of the 1940s to the revolutionary passing game of the 1960s, TU has made its mark throughout the history of college football. That tradition has spawned pro-caliber talent including Jerry Rhome, Howard Twilley, Drew Pearson, Tim Gordon, Dennis Byrd, Gus Frerotte and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Jim Finks, Bob St. Clair and Steve Largent. Legendary coaches such as Francis Schmidt, Henry Frnka, Glenn Dobbs and John Cooper have led the Golden Hurricane to 521 victories and 59 winning seasons. This book takes a look at these impressive historical accomplishments and offers a glimpse of TU's future through the eyes of Coach Steve Kragthorpe and the 2003 team.
Golden Hurricane Football at The University of Tulsa

Stephenville Yellow Jacket Football

9780738584935

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In Texas, high school football is king. If pigskin passion is no less intense among college and professional fans, enthusiasm for the schoolboy sport is more democratically spread throughout towns and communities, small and large. Almost any young man can play if he's willing to pay the price, work hard, and bring a bit of local, regional, or statewide glory to his hometown. Stephenville High School is one among an elite group of Texas football schools that has achieved at the highest level. The traditional rivalry games against Dublin and Breckenridge in the 1920s through the 1940s have evolved into heavily attended matchups with seven-time state champion Brownwood and, most recently, three-time state champion Aledo. From Joe Brown and Jim Mobley's powerhouse teams of the 1930s to Mike Murphy's 1952 regional qualifying squad, the Yellow Jackets have contended with the best in Texas. With four state championships, Art Briles made the 1990s a "Decade of Dominance" for Stephenville High School. Yellow Jacket football fever remains alive and well, promising to remain so long into the indefinite future.
Stephenville Yellow Jacket Football

Texas High School Football Dynasties

9781609496128

$23.99 $16.79 Save 30%
Since the first annual state football champion was crowned in 1920, Texas has never been the same. Today, millions of Texans gather in stadiums across the Lone Star State, eagerly awaiting that magical mid- to late-December moment when the season comes to its dramatic conclusion. Of the 391 high schools reaching the championship matchup, only a handful--26--have won the title four times or more, laying claim to the coveted moniker dynasty." From Waco High School's fourth title win in 1927 to Stamford's fourth official win in 2012, writer and lifelong football enthusiast Rick Sherrod traces the "best of the best" in this pigskin empire across ninety-three action-packed seasons."
Texas High School Football Dynasties

Football and Integration in Plano, Texas

9781626195011

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The year 1964 was momentous for civil rights as Congress passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment and Texas's own Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plan for the Great Society. That same year, the Plano school district integrated, setting an example for the state and nation. The tightknit community banded together through a language fluent to everyone--football. The Wildcats had few winning seasons and no state titles at that time, but with hard work and a trailblazing spirit, coaches Tom Gray and John Clark led the integrated team all the way to state championship victory in 1965. The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc. presents the inspiring story of the Wildcat fight for the title that made Plano a better place to live.
Football and Integration in Plano, Texas