City of champions : an American story of leather helmets, iron wills and the high school kids from Jersey who won it all / Hank Gola.
Material type:
TextCopyright date: ©2018Publisher: Croton-on-Hudson, New York : Tatra Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: x, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781732222700
- 1732222703
- Football -- New Jersey -- Garfield -- History -- 20th century
- Football -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century
- Football teams -- New Jersey -- Garfield -- History -- 20th century
- Football teams -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century
- School sports -- History
- Sports rivalries -- History
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 796.332 G617 | Available | 33111009303955 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
On Christmas night, 1939, two vastly different teams from Garfield, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida collided in the historic Orange Bowl to decide the National Sports Foundation's national championship. Garfield's Boilermakers were children of immigrants drawn to the industrial city's churning factories. Miami's Stingarees were from families from all over the country settling in one of America's most promising and thriving cities.
In City of Champions , Hank Gola, a veteran and award-winning football writer, unveils this long-forgotten game. Gola mines stories of the towns and the lives of the players and coaches--detailing the grit (and wild strokes of fortune) that led up to a Garfield victory, stunning the football world. Gola also describes how this game mirrored America, revealing some of the most pressing cultural, economic and socio-political issues of the day.
Subtitle from jacket.
"Gripping account of the long-forgotten 1939 national high school football championship between Garfield, NJ and Miami--and the stories of the players, families, coaches and cities that figured in this contest."--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.