The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football
ISBN: 9780061744525 | 0061744522
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Harpercollins
Pub. Date: 4/17/2012
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Football's first golden age was characterized by incredible violence and life-threatening danger, and the new sport's popularity grew even as the casualties rose. After dozens of players were killed in brutal incidents that rattled the national consciousness, a proto-progressive movement attempted to abolish the game. At that critical moment, President Roosevelt, an outspoken advocate of "the strenuous life" and a longtime fan of the game, fought to preserve football's rugged essence. In 1905, Roosevelt summoned key football coaches to the White House for a historic meeting. The result was the establishment of the NCAA and a series of rule changes, including the advent of the forward pass, which not only saved the sport but transformed football into what it is today: the quintessential American game.
| Introduction: America's Game | p. ix |
| The Killing Fields | p. 1 |
| Creation Stories | p. 19 |
| Game Time | p. 47 |
| Camp Days | p. 65 |
| The Capacity to Inflict Pain | p. 91 |
| The Virile Virtues | p. 111 |
| Let Them Be Men First | p. 135 |
| Rough Riding. | p. 155 |
| Football Is a Fight | p. 175 |
| The Air War | p. 205 |
John J. Miller is director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, national correspondent for National Review, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the author of five books, including the novel The First Assassin.
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