Hail Victory : An Oral History of the Washington Redskins

by Thom Loverro

• ISBN13: 9780471725107
• ISBN10: 0471725102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The stories behind the success of one of the NFL's most popular teams Built on the firsthand accounts of the players and coaches who made the Redskins great-Joe Theismann, Larry Brown, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and numerous others-Thom Loverro takes fans on a tour of the team's glorious past. From their origins in Boston through the Silver Era of the '30s and early '40s, from the reign of Lombardi and Allen and the Golden Era when Gibbs first walked the sidelines, until today, when Gibbs has returned to take them to the playoffs. Fans will relive the excitement with those who were there. Thom Loverro (Columbia, MD) is the sports columnist for the Washington Times. His feature articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sport magazine, Washingtonian, Columbia Journalism Review, and American Journalism Review.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Joe Jacoby
Acknowledgments	ix
Voices of the Redskins	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Finding a Home	5	(26)
Futility	31	(24)
Sonny and Sam	55	(22)
A Block of Granite	77	(24)
Every Time You Win, You're Reborn	101	(32)
When You Lose, You Die a Little	133	(32)
Champions	165	(34)
Staying on Top	199	(28)
The Final Run	227	(24)
Changes	251	(36)
Epilogue	281	(6)
Photo Credits	287	(2)
Index	289