'Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football' is a book that describes the beginnings of the football, a period when life of the football players and club owners wasn't so glamorous. The author, Robert W. Peterson, gives us an interesting and complete history of the football, from the late 19th century till today, revealing all the things we didn't know. He describes the first games being played on universities, like Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, when football wasn't so popular.It all started in 1920 in Ohio when some of the football club owners decided to form a National Football League. They met in an automobile showroom, drink not champagne but beer, and agreed about some general conditions, like the membership fee (100$, which no one of the people that were present had). Slowly, the game started to have more and more fans, everything was more serious and professional, stadiums were filled with people eager to see their favorite team running, throwing ball and winning. The whole nation was soon swept by this unstoppable flame. The teams like: the Chicago Bears, the New York Giants, the Baltimore Colts, the Green Bay Packers, were all incredibly popular thanks to their outstanding game. Many Americans remember Bears-Redskins championship game of 1940, when the Bears defeated the Redskins with the final score 73-0. It was the moment when the whole nation went wild for this extremely exciting game. Peterson tells us the story of All America Football Conference and their great Cleveland team. They tried to compete with the NFL after the Second World War, but didn't have so much success. But every football lover knows for the Cleveland Browns-Philadelphia Eagles game, in 1950, when Browns beat the Eagles 35-10. The author gives us the story of many players that will be forever remembered as some of the greatest names of football: Pudge Heffelfinger, Bronko Nagurski, Jim Thorpe, Red Grange. Especially interesting is the story of Fritz Pollard who was the first black star of American football. He is an example of America moving towards a brighter future, a greater freedom and towards a democratical society that cherishes the differences. With the invention of the television, the football became one of the most popular sports that people all across America adored watching. Today, football is known to people all around the world and it brings huge amounts of money to the people who know how to play it. If you belong to the group of people who like watching or playing football, this book will certainly give you all the information you need and will let you feel the history of professional football

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