The Columbus Panhandles : a complete history of pro football's toughest team, 1900-1922
"In this book, Chris Willis incorporates original interviews and actual newspaper accounts to recreate the largely forgotten story of the Columbus Panhandles. He shows how the team manager, future NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, used the perks of free railroad travel for employees and the gate attraction of the famous Nesser brothers to build pro football's most successful traveling team. Willis provides a season-by-season account of the team's spectacular triumphs and crushing losses. Full of descriptive newspaper quotes, anecdotes, and original photos, The Columbus Panhandles profiles a number of principal figures in the team's history."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2007
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., 2007