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Stagg's University: The Rise, Decline, and Fall of Big-Time Football at Chicago (Sport and Society)

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Stagg's University: The Rise, Decline, and Fall of Big-Time Football at Chicago (Sport and Society)

A case study of college football. It looks at the birth of bigtime college sport, showing how gridiron glory and scandal were prefigured in Chicago's football industry of the early twentieth century, presided over by the brilliant, combative, saintly, but very human Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Country USA
Brand University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer University of Illinois Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780252067914
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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Country	USA
Brand	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780252067914
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00