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Started by Mark L. Ford, Sep 10 2014 02:11 PM
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#1 Mark L. Ford
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Posted 10 September 2014 - 02:11 PM
Congratulations to PFRA member John Daye on an amazing volume, more than a decade in the making. I received my copy of this today, after having pre-ordered it during the PFRA meeting in June, and it's the best coverage I've seen of the service football teams, which were big in three eras coinciding with war. A lot of people are familiar with the ones that played during World War Two (1942-1945), since these were appearing in the wire service polls along with colleges. However, these were also big stuff during WW I and the early 1950s during the Korean War. Quite a few NFL players were literally drafted into the organization and played service ball, and getting paid to do it as part of their regular salary, and CBS televised a Sunday game of the week during some years, well before it did regular season NFL games.
#2 mwald
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Posted 10 September 2014 - 03:54 PM
This looks like a very interesting book. Will have to check it out.
#3 Jeffrey Miller
PFRA Member
Posted 10 September 2014 - 05:11 PM
Is this the one Marv Levy wrote the foreword for?
#4 luckyshow
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This does sound like a fun book. Where does one order it?
Service teams were also early ones to integrate:
http://www.luckyshow.../FtHamilton.htm
#5 Mark L. Ford
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Posted 10 September 2014 - 07:58 PM
It's a St. Johann Press release-- I couldn't find their catalog, but here's the Amazon lizting. Charley Trippi wrote the introduction.
http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/1937943216
#6 Massimo Foglio
PFRA Member
Posted 26 September 2014 - 05:05 AM
This look to be a very interesting read and an additional soirce fordoing more research on service football in Europe too.
#7 John Grasso
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Posted 26 September 2014 - 07:24 AM
Mark L. Ford, on 10 Sept 2014 - 7:58 PM, said:
It's a St. Johann Press release-- I couldn't find their catalog, but here's the Amazon lizting. Charley Trippi wrote the introduction.
http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/1937943216
They were at the PFRA meeting in Cleveland. Their website is http://www.stjohannp...s/about_us.html
I spoke with David Biesel in Cleveland but he never told me about his staff - details in the about us section of his website.
#8 Moran
PFRA Member
Posted 06 October 2014 - 03:05 PM
Thanks for the heads up on this book - picked up a copy and have found it very useful. I've been trying to find more information about the teams from Great Lakes Naval Training - his account of the Great Lakes vs Navy Academy game was priceless. One magazine I found recently had a picture of the 1917 team
Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football
Started by Mark L. Ford, Sep 10 2014 02:11 PM
7 replies to this topic
#1 Mark L. Ford
Administrators
Posted 10 September 2014 - 02:11 PM
Congratulations to PFRA member John Daye on an amazing volume, more than a decade in the making. I received my copy of this today, after having pre-ordered it during the PFRA meeting in June, and it's the best coverage I've seen of the service football teams, which were big in three eras coinciding with war. A lot of people are familiar with the ones that played during World War Two (1942-1945), since these were appearing in the wire service polls along with colleges. However, these were also big stuff during WW I and the early 1950s during the Korean War. Quite a few NFL players were literally drafted into the organization and played service ball, and getting paid to do it as part of their regular salary, and CBS televised a Sunday game of the week during some years, well before it did regular season NFL games.
#2 mwald
PFRA Member
Posted 10 September 2014 - 03:54 PM
This looks like a very interesting book. Will have to check it out.
#3 Jeffrey Miller
PFRA Member
Posted 10 September 2014 - 05:11 PM
Is this the one Marv Levy wrote the foreword for?
#4 luckyshow
Forum Visitors
This does sound like a fun book. Where does one order it?
Service teams were also early ones to integrate:
http://www.luckyshow.../FtHamilton.htm
#5 Mark L. Ford
Administrators
Posted 10 September 2014 - 07:58 PM
It's a St. Johann Press release-- I couldn't find their catalog, but here's the Amazon lizting. Charley Trippi wrote the introduction.
http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/1937943216
#6 Massimo Foglio
PFRA Member
Posted 26 September 2014 - 05:05 AM
This look to be a very interesting read and an additional soirce fordoing more research on service football in Europe too.
#7 John Grasso
Board of Directors
Posted 26 September 2014 - 07:24 AM
Mark L. Ford, on 10 Sept 2014 - 7:58 PM, said:
It's a St. Johann Press release-- I couldn't find their catalog, but here's the Amazon lizting. Charley Trippi wrote the introduction.
http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/1937943216
They were at the PFRA meeting in Cleveland. Their website is http://www.stjohannp...s/about_us.html
I spoke with David Biesel in Cleveland but he never told me about his staff - details in the about us section of his website.
#8 Moran
PFRA Member
Posted 06 October 2014 - 03:05 PM
Thanks for the heads up on this book - picked up a copy and have found it very useful. I've been trying to find more information about the teams from Great Lakes Naval Training - his account of the Great Lakes vs Navy Academy game was priceless. One magazine I found recently had a picture of the 1917 team