Now You Know Football

Now You Know Football - Now You Know

Paperback (08 Oct 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, but the true football fan has the answers all week long. Doug Lennox, the all-pro of Q&A, leads the drive as he tells us why a touchdown is worth six points, who first decided to pick up the ball and throw it, and how a children's toy changed the sport's biggest championship. Along the way we'll meet players great and not-so-great and encounter the various leagues that have come and gone throughout the world. Why is the sport called "football"? Who first used the term sack? Why did one American president consider banning football? What football team was named after a Burt Reynolds character? Why are footballs shaped the way they are? How many times have NFL and CFL teams squared off? Which came first - the Ottawa Rough Riders or the Saskatchewan Roughriders? Whose Super Bowl ring is a size 25?

Book information

ISBN: 9781554884537
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 240g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 14mm