商品簡介
Willis provides a history of the Columbus Panhandles, a football team from Columbus, Ohio, that thrived from 1900-1922. Along with materials from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Ohio Historical Society, he uses interviews with family members of players and newspaper accounts to tell the story of each season and profile key players in the team's history. Also discussed are important places and events. Photos are included. The book is aimed at historians, sportswriters, and fans. Willis, a native of Columbus who works in the Research Library at NFL Films, has written for the Pro Football Researchers Association. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Chris Willis is head of the Research Library, NFL Films, a position he has held since 1996. He is the author of Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 (2005) and The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr (2010), both published by Scarecrow Press.
