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000348516 1001_ $$aMiller, John J.,$$d1970-
000348516 24514 $$aThe big scrum :$$bhow Teddy Roosevelt saved football /$$cJohn J. Miller.
000348516 250__ $$a1st ed.
000348516 260__ $$aNew York :$$bHarperCollins,$$cc2011.
000348516 300__ $$axi, 258 p., [8] leaves of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000348516 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.
000348516 5050_ $$aThe killing fields -- Creation stories -- Game time -- Camp days -- The capacity to inflict pain -- The virile virtues -- Let them be men first -- Rough riding -- Football is a fight -- The air war.
000348516 520__ $$aThe never-before-fully-told story of how Theodore Roosevelt helped to save the game that would become America's most popular sport. During the late nineteenth century, the game of football was a work in progress that only remotely resembled the sport of today. There was no agreement about many of the basic rules, and it was incredibly violent and extremely dangerous. Numerous young men were badly injured and dozens died in highly publicized incidents, often at America's top prep schools and colleges. Objecting to the sport's brutality, a movement of proto-Progressives tried to abolish the game. President Theodore Roosevelt, a vocal advocate of "the strenuous life" and a proponent of risk, acknowledged football's dangers but admired its potential for building character. In 1905, he summoned the coaches of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to the White House. The result was the establishment of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as well as a series of rule changes that ultimately transformed football into the quintessential American game.--From publisher description.
000348516 60010 $$aRoosevelt, Theodore,$$d1858-1919.
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000348516 650_0 $$aCollege sports$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000348516 650_0 $$aFootball$$zUnited States$$vRules$$xHistory.
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