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Download or read book Loser Takes All written by Ed Fowler and published by Longstreet Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly entertaining expose of the Houston Oilers, "Loser Takes All" is a story of scheming, backstabbing, and abject failure--except that, because of the wacky nature of today's sports business, Bud Adams' team is worth untold millions and gets more valuable every day.
Book Synopsis Red, White, and Columbia Blue by : Jackson Michael
Download or read book Red, White, and Columbia Blue written by Jackson Michael and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience a game-by-game account of the magical 1979 Houston Oilers season in "Red, White, and Columbia Blue: Chasing the Dream with the 1979 Houston Oilers." Author Jackson Michael interviewed several Oilers for this authoritative and insightful portrait of one of the most beloved NFL teams of the 1970s. Step onto the field with the Oilers during a Thanksgiving Day classic at Dallas, a monumental playoff win at San Diego, and for the famous "Mike Renfro Play" during the 1979 AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh. Walk into the huddle with quarterback Dan Pastorini and feel the excitement of Earl Campbell's touchdowns. Learn the Oilers' defensive schemes with defensive coordinator Ed Biles and linebacker Gregg Bingham. Cheer on the Oilers in a rollicking Astrodome and glow in the memories of Oiler greats such as Elvin Bethea, Robert Brazile, Ken Burrough, and Carl Mauck as they share some of their favorite stories about the team and its legendary coach, Bum Phillips.Certain to be cherished by Oiler fans, "Red, White, and Columbia Blue" guides readers on a journey through a once-in-a-lifetime season by a team that captured the hearts of football fans across the country. You won't want to miss this wonderful read about an unforgettable team. Jackson Michael is the writer and director of the Houston Oilers documentary "We Were the Oilers: The Luv Ya Blue Era! and author of the acclaimed NFL history book, The Game before the Money." He hosts two football-related podcasts.
Book Synopsis Houston Oilers by : James R. Rothaus
Download or read book Houston Oilers written by James R. Rothaus and published by Creative Education. This book was released on 1986-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Houston Oilers football team.
Download or read book Houston Oilers written by Steve Potts and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Houston Oilers football team.
Book Synopsis Houston Oilers by : Michael E. Goodman
Download or read book Houston Oilers written by Michael E. Goodman and published by Child's World. This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 1996.
Download or read book Son of Bum written by Wade Phillips and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Denver Broncos coach and Super Bowl champion recalls his life and lessons learned from his father, NFL coach Bum Phillips, in this football memoir. Decorated National Football League coach Wade Phillips demonstrates in loving detail how much of his success, on and off the field, he owes to his father. A beloved character in NFL history, Bum taught Wade how to have perspective on the game during tough times—and that “coaching isn’t bitching.” Wade has since passed these and other lessons down to his son, Wes Phillips, an NFL coach himself. Known for his homespun, plain-talking ways, Wade is a groundbreaking coach who has long believed in using support and camaraderie—instead of punishment and anger—to inspire his players. And though his defensive concepts are revolutionary, he would say they begin with common sense. Son of Bum is more than one man’s memoir—it’s a story of family and football and a father who inspired his son. “Having played for and against Wade Phillips, the first word that comes to my mind is respect. SON OF BUM is a great read about the Xs and Os from one of the greatest coaches in the league, as well as a loving tribute to the influence of family.”—Peyton Manning
Download or read book Oiler Blues written by John Pirkle and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Houston Oilers were old the American Football League's first champion in 1960. Sadly for Oiler fans, that was the high point for a franchise that stands out as the only original AFL team to never appear in a Super Bowl. Now, they are the Tennessee Titans.John Pirkle, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney and lifelong fan, does not place blame for the playoff losses and team leaving, he lets the facts speak for themselves, but he does caution their new fans in Tennessee to prepare themselves for owner Bud Adams sometimes Machiavellian management technique and the heartache that is sure to come.To the extent sports has its heroes and moments of triumph, the Oilers are the other side, and that is why their story is so interesting. If you like football, you will love this book, even if the Oilers and their fans did not love living it.
Book Synopsis History of the NFL First 100 Year's You Sure Started Somethin' by : R.D. Griffith
Download or read book History of the NFL First 100 Year's You Sure Started Somethin' written by R.D. Griffith and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you searching for a book about American Football that has it all? R. D. Griffith will take you on a comprehensive drive through the history and highlights of American Football, its salient details, from its inception at the turn of the century to its centralized embodiment now in the modern era, the NFL. He will share with you the challenges the game faced through the Great Depression and two World Wars, including the spicy anecdotes of the people comprising the great game of American Football throughout the years.
Download or read book Earl Campbell written by Asher Price and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Campbell was a force in American football, winning a state championship in high school, rushing his way to a Heisman trophy for the University of Texas, and earning MVP as he took the Houston Oilers to the brink of the Super Bowl. An exhilarating blend of biography and history, Earl Campbell chronicles the challenges and sacrifices one supremely gifted athlete faced in his journey to the Hall of Fame. The story begins in Tyler, Texas, featuring his indomitable mother, a crusading judge, and a newly integrated high school, then moves to Austin, home of the University of Texas (infamously, the last all-white national champion in college football), where legendary coach Darrell Royal stakes his legacy on recruiting Campbell. Later, in booming, Luv-Ya-Blue Houston, Campbell reaches his peak with beloved coach Bum Phillips, who celebrates his star runner’s bruising style even as it takes its toll on Campbell’s body. Drawing on new interviews and research, Asher Price reveals how a naturally reticent kid from the country who never sought the spotlight ran into complex issues of race and health. In an age when concussion revelations and player protest against racial injustice rock the NFL, Campbell’s life is a timely story of hard-earned success—and heart-wrenching sacrifice.
Book Synopsis The Hidden Game of Football by : Bob Carroll
Download or read book The Hidden Game of Football written by Bob Carroll and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-02-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While the sabermetrics revolution in baseball is now fully institutionalized, other sports have embraced data analysis more slowly-especially American football. Yet thirty-five years ago, Bob Carroll, John Thorn, and Pete Palmer were laying the groundwork for the transformation of the sport when they wrote The Hidden Game of Football. Readers in 1988 found this book to be staggering, with myths and misconceptions 'left strewn in the wake of their analysis like the Columbia University secondary after a running play' (Allen Barra). Today, with statistical analysis becoming more widely accepted across the NFL, the book seems prescient and influential--as Aaron Schatz notes in his new foreword"--
Download or read book Taking Flak written by John P. Lopez and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was an NFL superstar and Drag Racing icon. He had Hollywood starlets on his arm and a legion of fans in the palms of his hands. Dan Pastorini lived on the edge and palye don the brink. No oneleast of all Pastoriniknew what the next turn would bring. His life was indulgent, brilliant, cursed and humbling. He was known a s the toughest man in football, a cover-boy heart-throb and a soft-hearted friend. He changed the way NFL quarterbacks played the game, donning the first Flak Jacket to protect three shattered ribs. He threw perhaps the most fateful pass in playoff history, a controversial championship moment that led to use of NFL replay. He was involved in a tragic speed boating accident. He beat Big Daddy Don Garlits and all of drag racings best. He was the hero in the most triumphant return an NFL team ever received. He never backed down from anything or anyone, falling into notorious scraped and life-altering lows. He married a Playboy model and posed for Playgirl. He dated Farrah Fawcett and was the most iconic figure in a Wild West era when Texas oil boomed and gluttony prevailed. Dan Pastorini never has told the whole story. Until now. This is the story of a gifted, hard-driving kid from California who never stopped going fast or chasing dreams. No matter how much flak he took.
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-10-21 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Book Synopsis The Promise by : Richard Wayne Hatley
Download or read book The Promise written by Richard Wayne Hatley and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second book and first fictional novel for the author. While specific characters in the novel are fictional, some scenes that are descripted occur fictionally in places that once existed and some places in the novel still exist. They play a major role in telling a gripping story that can and could occur. Richard Wayne Hatley had lived and worked in some of those places. He has known some of the people that are like some of the characters in this novel. There are no actual people depicted in this book with the exception of people that are mentioned from a historical basis. There are references to events that may and did occur in the time frame of the novel. There are no attempts to document any reasons for any other than the occurrence of those events. The characters depicted in this novel are fictional. They are not based on any person who ever existed. Any resemblance to a living person is unintended. This novel is written for the enjoyment of the reader and is neither an endorsement nor a criticism of any existing person, place, government, institution, or religion.
Book Synopsis Houston on the Move by : Steven R. Strom
Download or read book Houston on the Move written by Steven R. Strom and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houston completely transformed itself during the twentieth century, burgeoning from a regional hub into a world-class international powerhouse. This remarkable metamorphosis is captured in the Bob Bailey Studios Photographic Archive, an unparalleled visual record of Houston life from the 1930s to the early 1990s. Founded by the commercial photographer Bob Bailey in 1929, the Bailey Studios produced more than 500,000 photographs and fifty-two 16 mm films, making its archive the largest and most comprehensive collection of images ever taken in and around Houston. The Bob Bailey Studios Archive is now owned by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Houston on the Move presents over two hundred of the Bailey archive’s most memorable and important photographs with extended captions that detail the photos’ subjects and the reasons for their significance. These images, most never before published, document everything from key events in Houston’s modern history—World War II; the Texas City Disaster; the building of the Astrodome; and the development of the Ship Channel, Medical Center, and Johnson Space Center—to nostalgic scenes of daily life. Bob Bailey’s expertly composed photographs reveal a great city in the making: a downtown striving to be the best, biggest, and tallest; birthday parties, snow days, celebrations, and rodeos; opulent department stores; Hollywood stars and political leaders; rapid industrial and commercial growth; and the inexorable march of the suburbs. An irresistible “remember that?” book for long-time Houstonians, Houston on the Move will also be an essential reference for historians, photographers, designers, and city planners.
Book Synopsis Placekicking in the NFL by : Rick Gonsalves
Download or read book Placekicking in the NFL written by Rick Gonsalves and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " NFL placekicking has quite a history, from the dropkick, to the placekick, to kicking barefoot, to soccer style kicking. Each style of kicking is analyzed through statistics to show its effectiveness for field goals and extra points. Also discussed is the use of artificial turf and the development of domed stadiums and their effects on placekicking accuracy"--
Download or read book He Ain't No Bum written by Bum Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smashmouth written by Elvin Bethea and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smash-mouth football was just another day at the office during the heyday of professional football in the 1960s and 1970s. Elvin Bethea began his pro career with the Houston Oilers of the AFL in 1968 when the upstart league was filled with colorful characters and brilliantly gifted players who had finally proven they were good enough to compete with the NFL. After the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, one of the most exciting decades in pro football history was underway. Smash-Mouth the story of Bethea's journey from a life of rural poverty in Trenton, New Jersey, to his All-American college football career at North Carolina A&T, where segregation still ruled the South. Smash-Mouth takes Bethea from potential Olympic track stardom in 1968 to his legendary pro football career where he earned his reputation as one of the most feared and dangerous defensive linemen in NFL history. From classic playoff battles with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1978 and 1979 to off-the-field exploits with some of football's most eccentric characters, Smash-Mouth culminates in Bethea's greatest ultimate honor--his long overdue induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Along the way, Bethea's story is filled with candid assessments of the talents and personalities of some of the greatest names in 1970s football--Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, O.J. Simpson, Archie Manning, Earl Campbell, Dan Fouts, Franco Harris, Bum Phillips, Dan Pastorini, Billy White Shoes Johnson, Chuck Noll, Hank Stram, Art Shell, Anthony Munoz, Kenny Houston, John Mackey, and many, many more.
