Football Flashbacks
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By Tony Allan | |
Publisher | Harlequin Romance #622 |
Release Month | 1961 (US) |
Harlequin Romance Series # | |
Preceded by | Nurse To Captain Andy |
Followed by | Thursday Clinic |
- Author: Tony Allan
- Published By: Harlequin Romance #622
- Year: 1961
Book Description
Rousing memories of the Grid Game in Canada, 1920 to 1960. This the story of Canadian football with special emphasis on East-West competition. It harks back to and illuminates. (1) The rah rah days of the early 1920's when college football reigned supreme. (2) Such legendary figures as Lionel Conacher, and that peerless combination, Batstone and Leadley. (3) The West's long but successful struggle against adversity to achieve equal status with the East. (4) And finally, the transition to professionalism, establishing the Grey Cup final as Canada's No. 1 sports spectacle.