Football's Most Wanted

by Conner, Floyd

• ISBN13: 9781574883091
• ISBN10: 1574883097
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

In 1920, the University of Texas Longhorns ate their mascot at a postseason banquet. In 1940, Turk Edwards of the Washington Redskins suffered a career-ending knee injury during the pre-game coin toss. In 1969, Clive Rush was nearly electrocuted while being introduced as the new coach of the Boston Patriots. During the 1893 Army-Navy game, a general punched a heckling admiral and challenged him to a duel, which resulted in President Grover Cleveland suspending the game for six years. Football's Most Wanted'„¢features the worst players, the most inept teams, the strangest plays, the most bizarre nicknames, the most fantastic finishes, the dirtiest players, the oddest injures, the greatest upsets, and the most boneheaded calls in both professional and college football. Many of these 700 anecdotes, arranged in 70 top-ten lists, are published here for the first time. Football's Most Wanted'„¢features the worst players, the most inept teams, the strangest plays, the most bizarre nicknames, the most fantastic finishes, the dirtiest players, the oddest injures, the greatest upsets, and the most boneheaded calls in both professional and college football. Many of these 700 anecdotes, arranged in 70 top-ten lists, are published here for the first time.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
First Downs	5	(5)
Screen Passes	10	(5)
Made for TV	15	(5)
Playing Politics	20	(5)
Covering All Bases	25	(4)
Basket Cases	29	(5)
Going for the God	34	(3)
Gridiron Grapplers	37	(4)
Intellectual Assassins	41	(4)
Paper Lions	45	(4)
Slippery Rock and Walla Walla	49	(4)
What Might Have Been	53	(4)
Heisman Busts	57	(3)
Draft Steals	60	(5)
The Undrafted	65	(4)
Football's Jackie Robinsons	69	(4)
Outrageous Owners	73	(5)
Crazy Legs and Tippy Toes	78	(4)
The Name Game	82	(3)
Mad Storks	85	(5)
Practical Jokers	90	(4)
Memorable Mascots	94	(4)
Uniform Behavior	98	(4)
Good Things Come in Small Packages	102	(3)
Heavyweights	105	(3)
Meal Tickets	108	(4)
Drinking It All In	112	(4)
Making Passes	116	(4)
One-Game Wonders	120	(4)
The Best Year of their Lives	124	(3)
The one and Only	127	(3)
Sixty-Minute Men	130	(4)
You Can look It Up: College	134	(4)
You Can Look It Up: Pro	138	(3)
Records Which May Never Be Broken	141	(4)
The Worst Plays of All Time	145	(4)
The Offense Rests	149	(3)
Losing's the Only Thing	152	(3)
Unorthodox Coaches	155	(5)
Seasons to Forget	160	(4)
Running up the Score	164	(4)
Unusual Bowl Games	168	(3)
Steamrollers and Eskimos	171	(4)
Believe It or Nots	175	(4)
Strange Plays	179	(4)
The Strangest Games Even Played	183	(4)
Not Fit for Man nor Beast	187	(4)
Whistle Blowers	191	(4)
Football's Most Embarrassing Moments	195	(4)
Ultimate Upsets	199	(4)
Not So Super Performances	203	(4)
They Never Won the Super Bowl	207	(3)
Unlikely Super Heroes	210	(3)
Instant Replays	213	(3)
Overcoming Handicaps	216	(3)
Incredible Injuries	219	(4)
Serious Injuries	223	(4)
Tough Guys	227	(3)
Hard Hitters	230	(4)
Personal Fouls	234	(4)
Bending the Rules	238	(4)
It's a Gamble	242	(4)
Illegal Substances	246	(3)
Crime and Football	249	(4)
Fanatics	253	(4)
Death in the Afternoon	257	(3)
Dead Before Their Times	260	(4)
Out with a Bang	264	(3)
Fantastic Finishes	267	(4)
Bibliography	271	(4)
Index	275