Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
A Note on Names and Nicknames xiii
Prologue: "War Football" xv
1 George Halas Sees His Future 1
2 Walter Camp's Vision 9
3 Cupid Takes Aim at the Northeast 23
4 A True All-American at Camp Custer 31
5 Camp Sherman's March through Ohio 39
6 Beckett's Marines Conquer the West 45
7 Selling War Football 53
8 Brickley Kicks for Uncle Sam 63
9 Jock Sutherland's Fighting Dentists Head Down South 71
10 Frank Pollard, Omar Bradley, and Race in War Football 79
11 Coach Ike 85
12 The Cleveland Navy Battles Pop Warner 91
13 George Halas and the 1919 Rose Bowl 101
14 How Football Helped Win the War 119
15 The AEF Tournament 127
16 Peace and College Football's Golden Age 145
17 War Football and the Birth of the NFL 151
Epilogue 173
Appendix 1 War Football Players 187
Appendix 2 All-Service Teams, 1917-1919 205
Appendix 3 War Football Records 209
Notes 223
Bibliography 257
Index 261
About the Author 275