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Fields of Honor The Golden Age of College Football and the Men Who Created It

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ISBN-10: 0156027046

ISBN-13: 9780156027045

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sally Pont

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After World War II, a small group of men returned to Ohio--some to coach football and some to play, the GI Bill paying their way. At Miami University of Ohio, these men, united in the belief that playing football could improve character, created the modern game of football. Sid Gillman, the originating strategist, coached Ara Parseghian and Paul Dietzel; Woody Hayes coached Bo Schembechler, Carm Cozza, and John Pont; John Pont coached Bill Mallory; Bo Schembechler coached Bill Mallory's sons. With her unique access as John Pont's niece and daughter of fabled Yale coach Richard Pont, Sally Pont beautifully portrays the interconnections, affections, rivalries, innovations, weaknesses, and…    
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Book details

List price: $13.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 9/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Sally Pont teaches English at Moravian Academy, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she is associate dean of students. She holds an M.F.A. in writing from Penn State, where she studied with Paul West.

Acknowledgments
Preface: Love
Dawn
Who's Your Daddy?
The Relationship Between Mind and Heart
Knowledge Worth Knowing
Little Brother
Wunderkind
Full Circle
The Coach and the Man
Loyalty
Luck
Twilight
Moves
Irony
Knowing
Home
Character
Daughters
Heart
One Scrappy Kid
The Press
Afterword: My Dad
Chronology
Memorable Games of the Golden Age
About the Coaches
Index