| "The first name in the family tree of Ohio football is Paul Brown, with his Massillon High School machine of the 1930s, a program he had so finely tuned that against them no team for nearly a decade could hold their own..." (from the first line) An insiders look at the founding fathers of college football and a journey back to a simpler time when helmets had no face guards, and strategy and sportsmanship ruled the gridiron. Photos.
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The author examines the formation of modern football, from its post-World War II roots at Miami University, in Ohio, to its emergence as America's most popular sport.
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