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Amos Alonzo Stagg

- College Football's Greatest Pioneer
Af: David E. Sumner Engelsk Paperback

Amos Alonzo Stagg

- College Football's Greatest Pioneer
Af: David E. Sumner Engelsk Paperback
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Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965) grew up one of eight children in a poor New Jersey family, graduated high school at 21 and worked his way through Yale. His goal was to become a Presbyterian minister, but he dropped out of Yale Divinity School because he felt he could have more influence on young men through coaching. He was hired as the first football coach at University of Chicago after its founding in 1892.

Under Stagg''s leadership, Chicago emerged as one of the nation''s most formidable football teams during the early 20th century, winning seven Big Ten championships and two national championships. After Chicago forced him to retire at 70, Stagg found another coaching position at College of the Pacific, where he was forced to retire at 84. He found another job and never fully retired from coaching until he was 98. His marriage to his wife Stella­--his de facto assistant coach--lasted almost 70 years. Sports Illustrated wrote of him, "If any single individual can be said to have created today''s game, Stagg is the man. He either invented outright or pioneered every aspect of the modern game from…the huddle, shift and tackling dummy to such refinements as the T-formation strategy." This biography tells the story of his life and many innovations, which made him one of the great pioneers of college football.

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Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965) grew up one of eight children in a poor New Jersey family, graduated high school at 21 and worked his way through Yale. His goal was to become a Presbyterian minister, but he dropped out of Yale Divinity School because he felt he could have more influence on young men through coaching. He was hired as the first football coach at University of Chicago after its founding in 1892.

Under Stagg''s leadership, Chicago emerged as one of the nation''s most formidable football teams during the early 20th century, winning seven Big Ten championships and two national championships. After Chicago forced him to retire at 70, Stagg found another coaching position at College of the Pacific, where he was forced to retire at 84. He found another job and never fully retired from coaching until he was 98. His marriage to his wife Stella­--his de facto assistant coach--lasted almost 70 years. Sports Illustrated wrote of him, "If any single individual can be said to have created today''s game, Stagg is the man. He either invented outright or pioneered every aspect of the modern game from…the huddle, shift and tackling dummy to such refinements as the T-formation strategy." This biography tells the story of his life and many innovations, which made him one of the great pioneers of college football.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 260
ISBN-13: 9781476685762
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1476685762
Kategori: Biografier: sport
Udg. Dato: 11 okt 2021
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato: 11 okt 2021
Forfatter(e): David E. Sumner
Forfatter(e) David E. Sumner

Kategori Biografier: sport

ISBN-13 9781476685762

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 260

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 11 okt 2021

Oplagsdato 11 okt 2021

Forlag McFarland & Co Inc