The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football. Uncorrected Proof
Place_Pub: New York: HarperCollins, 2011. Uncorr Proof Edition. First Printing. 245, wraps, notes, no index, some wear to cover edges, small rough spots inside front flyleaf Objecting to football's brutality, a movement of proto-Progressives led by Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot tried to abolish it. President Roosevelt acknowledged football's dangers but admired its potential for building character. In 1905 he summoned the coaches of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to the White House and urged them to act; the result was the establishment of the NCAA, as well as a series of rule changes. Condition: good.
Keywords: Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Presidents, College Football, Sports, Charles W. Eliot, NCAA, Athletics, Progressive Era, Harvard University
ISBN: 0061744506
[Book #52644]
Price: $27.50