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The Canadian Football League

Author : Steve O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781411658608
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Football League written by Steve O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North American football was born in Canada in the 1860s. For decades, though, the growth of Canadian football was slow to change from its rugby traditions. In recent decades, it has been in the shadow of its largest competitor, the National Football League. Although hockey is held up as Canada's number one sport, the CFL has enjoyed as rich and storied a tradition in Canadian sports history. This book is not the usual general history detailing on-field accomplishments, Grey Cup winners etc. Instead, it combines an historical look through 2003 with discussion of continuous themes which have shaped the League. These include the role of the Canadian player, competition from other pro sports, the media's role in creating an image of the CFL, Canadians' attitudes towards pro sports, and how the CFL continually struggles to survive - often in spite of itself.

Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years

Author : Frank Cosentino
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365981827
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years written by Frank Cosentino and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years traces the first sixty years of the Grey Cup and its influence as a catalyst for the growth of football in Canada. Football moved from an occasion for competition among local teams, to inter-city and inter-provincial rivalries and eventually to the national scene. It began as a purely amateur sport and morphed into the Canadian Football League. Key elements in its growth are discussed: the rise of professionalism, rules of the game and the style of play as well as many of the defining moments and personnel of the era. The book stands alone as well as a lead-in to three other books on Canadian football by Cosentino: Closed Doors and Edmonton Crude, Gone South, and Home Again.

Bigger Balls

Author : Jeffrey Giles
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9781553660835
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Bigger Balls written by Jeffrey Giles and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Le Pavillon d'Hanovre et l'Hotel de Richelieu ou le Quartier Général

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Le Pavillon d'Hanovre et l'Hotel de Richelieu ou le Quartier Général written by and published by . This book was released on 1789* with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

End Zones and Border Wars

Author : Ed Willes
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550176148
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book End Zones and Border Wars written by Ed Willes and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: End Zones and Border Wars is the story of the CFL's ill-fated period of expansion into the United States during the early to mid- 1990s. It was a time filled with intriguing characters, from John Candy to Nick Mileti to Pepper Rodgers, the coach who loved everything about the Canadian game except the rules and the teams. With a cast of investors who are hopeful but unfamiliar with the game, bizarre stories emerge, from the Las Vegas Posse practising in the parking lot of the Riviera to the Shreveport Pirates camping out above a barn full of circus animals. The CFL's attempts to push the Canadian game into expanded territory brought both heartbreak and victory, with the 1994 Grey Cup victory of the BC Lions coming alongside the quick decline of every American club under low sales and resistance to new rules. The CFL survived these turbulent times to the harsh realization that it is a game for Canada alone, breaking through to a promising new era for the venerable institution.

The Baltimore Stallions

Author : Ron Snyder
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476678413
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Baltimore Stallions written by Ron Snyder and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore is home to some of the greatest football players ever to step onto the gridiron. From the Colts' Johnny Unitas to the Ravens' Ray Lewis, Charm City has been blessed with multiple championship teams and plenty of Hall of Fame players. Between the Colts and Ravens, a brief but significant chapter of Baltimore football history was written--the Stallions. Formed in 1994, they posted the most successful single season in the history of the Canadian Football League, when in 1995 they became the only U.S. team to win the Grey Cup. By 1996 the Stallions were gone, undermined by the arrival of the Ravens and the overall failure of the CFL's U.S. expansion efforts. Drawing on original interviews with players, coaches, journalists and fans, this book recalls how the Stallions both captured the imagination and broke the hearts of Baltimore football fans in just 24 months.

Goin' Deep

Author : Matt Dunigan
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550174489
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Goin' Deep written by Matt Dunigan and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Put aside the fact that it ended my playing career, punched holes in my memory and put life as I knew it on indefinite hold, it wasn't that tough a hit." Thus begins Goin' Deep, Matt Dunigan's gritty, often startling memoir of his 14-year journey as a Canadian Football League quarterback, a career brought to a shattering halt on an afternoon in Hamilton in 1996 in a game he still cannot remember. It is a story that takes readers where football fans cannot go--down the stadium runway into the dressing rooms--where injury is a fact of life, injections can put agony on temporary hold, and the tough-minded live by the credo that "Pain is mind over matter. If you don't mind the pain, it doesn't matter." But Goin' Deep is more than a football story. The concussion suffered in that game against the BC Lions marked the end of Dunigan's brilliant Hall of Fame career in the no-quarter world of professional football--and the beginning of another journey still in progress, where some days start third-and-long and memories can be shrouded in a drifting, frustrating fog that may or may not clear. "You play the hand you're dealt," he says. "There are good days and bad days. Sometimes putting sentences together can be a struggle. Some days Kathy will say 'Remember when such-and-such,' and I can't. But these are my cards, and I'll play 'em." The way he's played and continues to play them as a TSN football CFL analyst makes Goin' Deep a riveting, heart-warming read.

The Canadian Football League Story

Author : Canadian Football League
Publisher : published for the Canadian Football League by D.W. King Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Football League Story written by Canadian Football League and published by published for the Canadian Football League by D.W. King Publications. This book was released on 1964* with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Canadian Football League

Author : Steve O'Brien
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781411613027
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Football League written by Steve O'Brien and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern North American football was born in the 1860s at the same time Canada became a nation. However, for decades, the growth of Canadian football was slow and unwilling to change from its rugby traditions. In more recent times, it has also been in the shadow of its largest competitor, the National Football League. Although hockey is professed to be Canada's number one sport, the CFL has held as rich and storied tradition in Canadian sports history. This book is not the usual general history detailing on-field accomplishments, Grey Cup winners and so on. Instead, it combines an historical look through 2003 with various continuous themes which have shaped the League. These topics include the role of the Canadian player, marketing, competition from other pro sports, the media's role in creating an image of the CFL, Canadian attitudes towards professional sports, and how the CFL continually struggles to survive.

A Passing Game

Author : Frank Cosentino
Publisher : Blizzard Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780921368540
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book A Passing Game written by Frank Cosentino and published by Blizzard Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year by year summary of boardroom conspiracies, inter-league back fighting, media deals, and the increasing Americanization of the CFL.

The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia

Author : Tod Maher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983513667
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia written by Tod Maher and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia is without question the most comprehensive resource on the rich history of the Canadian Football League ever published. This edition is updated to include the 2012 season and the historic 100th Grey Cup game. The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia goes beyond the players with game scores, historical highlights, standings, team statistics, all-time leaders and the records of the game's head coaches. It is a lineup that will satisfy any football fan. PRAISE FOR THE CANADIAN PRO FOOTBALL ENYCLOPEDIA "The authors have taken CFL research to a new level and added a long overdue and valuable resource to the recorded history of professional football in Canada. The attention to detail is extraordinary and has allowed us to strengthen our league's own historical records in too many ways to count. This is quite simply a must have for any fan of the history of the Canadian game." -Steve Daniel Head Statistician of the Canadian Football League "A well-researched encyclopedia of the Canadian Football League. The presentation is excellent and this voluminous work covers every aspect of the game. A must for any researcher or fan of the CFL." -Ken Crippen Executive Director of the Professional Football Researchers Association ABOUT THE AUTHORS TOD MAHER is an award-winning historian. He is the 2001 Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) recipient of the Ralph Hay Award for career achievement in professional football research. He is also a three-time winner of the PFRA's annual Nelson Ross Award. He is the co-author of The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Playoff Encyclopedia and several other books on the history of professional football. BOB GILL is a former newspaper editor who is the 1990 winner of the PFRA's Ralph Hay Award and a three-time winner of the Nelson Ross Award. He is also the author of Pro Football Trivia and the co-author of The Pro Football Encyclopedia, The Pro Football Playoff Encyclopedia and several books on the history of professional football.

Weird Facts about Canadian Football

Author : Stephen Drake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897277263
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Weird Facts about Canadian Football written by Stephen Drake and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird Facts About the Canadian Football League. "The football they play is quirky too. That's what makes it unique. That's what makes it Canadian. And that's what makes it worth protecting." - Alison Gordon, Toronto Star * Known as the Crazy Football League in the 1990s, the CFL, in its long history as the oldest professional sporting league in North America, has had numerous outrageous and madcap moments on the field and in the boardrooms:* The Grey Cup was stolen from Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and held for ransom for two months before being returned safely* During World War II the CFL was about to shutdown when the Canadian military stepped up in an effort to boost morale; for three years non-civilian squads won the Grey Cup* The 1950 Grey Cup was called the "Mud Bowl" --at one point, fans in Toronto's Varsity Stadium thought a Winnipeg player lying face down in the ankle deep slush was drowning* Conditions were so bad in the " Fog Bowl" Grey Cup game of 1962 that the contest was played over two days* During the American expansion years in the 1990s, the short-lived Las Vegas Posse trucked in tons of sand and turf to hold their training camp in the parking lot of a sponsoring casino* In 1974, the minority liberal federal government introduced legislation to prevent the World Football League from expanding into Canada, and so the Toronto Northmen moved south of the border to become the Memphis Southmen* The 1957 Grey Cup was immortalized by the famous "Tripper" incident when fan on the sidelines stuck his leg out to take down a Hamilton player as he raced down the field after intercepting a Winnipeg pass (the tripper later went on to become an Ontario judge). And more...

Flutie

Author : Doug Flutie
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781583820216
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Flutie written by Doug Flutie and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous Boston College quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy, owner of the record book for quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, and National Football League All-Pro, recounts his life on and off the field. Doug reveals how he has demonstrated community spirit, charm, and the relentless drive that have been essential to his success as a smaller athlete in a big-man's sport. Includes a look at how Doug led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and captured the hearts of fans not only in Buffalo, but across America.

Canadian Football World League

Author : Peter Tremblay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927538999
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Football World League written by Peter Tremblay and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much talked of "merger" between the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the upstart reincarnated Xtreme Football League (XFL), a league without even one successful season under its belt, was a dog's breakfast. Thankfully, Canadian football survived those perilous negotiations and remained intact for the 2021 season. In Canadian Football World League: Growing the CFL through a new independent international league, Peter Tremblay argues that the most logical direction for the CFL would be a "Canadian Football World League" (CFWL). The CFL is a leader in the International Alliance of Gridiron Football, and there has been significant interest in Canadian football and the CFL among international players and representative international organizations, demonstrating that a global professional football league using Canadian rules is more than viable. Based upon economic models already successfully implemented in other leagues and the unique identity of Canadian football, Peter Tremblay maintains that the time is right for a global approach to growing our national game.

Game-Day Gangsters

Author : Curtis Fogel
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 1927356539
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Game-Day Gangsters written by Curtis Fogel and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already accepted by voluntarily participating in the sport? In the case of Canadian football, acts of on-field violence, hazing, and performance-enhancing drug use that would be considered criminal outside the context of sport are tolerated and even promoted by team and league administrators. The manner in which league review committees and the Canadian legal system understand such actions highlights the challenges faced by those looking to protect players from the dangers of the sport. Although there has been some discussion of legal and institutional reforms dealing with crime and deviance in Canadian sport, little exists in the way of sports law, with most cases falling into the legal categories of criminal, administrative, or civil law. In Game-Day Gangsters, Fogel argues for a review of the systems by which Canadian football is governed and analyzes the reforms proposed by football leagues and by players. Juxtaposing material from interviews with football players and administrators and from media files and legal cases, he explores the discrepancies between the players’ own experiences and the institutional handling of disciplinary matters in junior, university, and professional football leagues across the country.

Contemporary Issues in Canadian Drama

Author : Per K. Brask
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Canadian Drama written by Per K. Brask and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of Canada's changing demographics and cultural fragmentation, fifteen essayists cover such issues as queer culture, feminist perspectives, Native and Asian theatre, regionalism and cultural immediacy in contemporary Canadian theatre.

Rockin' the Rockpile

Author : Jeffrey J. Miller
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1550227971
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Rockin' the Rockpile written by Jeffrey J. Miller and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rockin' the Rockpile is a complete and comprehensive history of the Buffalo Bills AFL era -- from the first meetings of the "Foolish Club" to the eventual merger with the senior NFL -- and it brings to life the stories of a bygone time that fans regard as Buffalo's golden age of sport. Rockin' the Rockpile resonates with the words of the men who lived it. More than 60 former players, coaches, and administrative staff -- including Ralph Wilson -- shared their thoughts and memories for this book. As this book was intended as a collective memoir of the Buffalo Bills' AFL era, those interviews constitute the foundation upon which this book was written. It offers the average fan a glimpse into the locker room, film room, whirlpool, coach's office, press box, as well as the huddle, to see and hear just what the players and coaches were thinking or saying during a significant game or play. The Buffalo Bills of the 1960s represent a special time in the collective conscience of Buffalonians, a time when their team was twice champion of the renegade American Football League, and when Jack Kemp, Billy Shaw, Cookie Gilchrist, Mike Stratton, Tom Sestak, Elbert Dubenion, Ron McDole, and O.J. Simpson, captured the imagination of an entire community. They were the antithesis of the high-scoring, pass-happy AFL. When high-powered offenses were the main attraction, the Bills competed, and won, with a ball-control offense and a stingy defense. For three consecutive years, Buffalo's defensive unit was the best in the league, and was one of the best throughout the AFL's history. Western New Yorkers loved this team and its successful approach -- the Buffalo Bills mirrored the community they represented.