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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > American football
From the untimely deaths of young athletes to chronic disease among
retired players, roiling debates over tackle football have profound
implications for more than one million American boys-some as young
as five years old-who play the sport every year. In this book,
Kathleen Bachynksi offers the first history of youth tackle
football and debates over its safety. In the postwar United States,
high school football was celebrated as a "moral" sport for young
boys, one that promised and celebrated the creation of the
honorable male citizen. Even so, Bachynski shows that throughout
the twentieth century, coaches, sports equipment manufacturers, and
even doctors were more concerned with "saving the game" than young
boys' safety-even though injuries ranged from concussions and
broken bones to paralysis and death. By exploring sport,
masculinity, and citizenship, Bachynski uncovers the cultural
priorities other than child health that made a collision sport the
most popular high school game for American boys. These deep-rooted
beliefs continue to shape the safety debate and the possible future
of youth tackle football.
The San Francisco 49ers have one of the best records in NFL
history, with 20 division championships, seven conference
championships, and five Super Bowl championships. On a team with
outstanding talent each year, who among its past and present
players could be ranked among the 50 greatest? Who would occupy the
coveted #1 spot? Jerry Rice? Ronnie Lott? Joe Montana? Chales
Haley? Robert Cohen, has his own take on the matter and in a book
that is bound to inspire conversation if not controversy, ranks
what he believes are the greatest players from 1-50, with a few
honorble mentions.
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