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The Best Show in Football: The 1946-1955 Cleveland Browns--Pro Football's Greatest Dynasty
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by Andy Piascik
Sales Rank: 67175
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Discount: 34 %
List Price: $24.95
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 432 pages
Published by: Taylor Trade Publishing; 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed edition November 28, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1589793609
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1589793606
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Book Description
Andy Piascik boldly asserts that the 1946-1955 Cleveland Browns were the greatest dynasty in the 85-year History of organized pro football. Piascik evaluates the team's accomplishments through exhaustive research and extensive interviews; and he analyzes the correlation between the Browns being the first integrated pro Sports team of the modern era and the numerous championships they won from 1946 through 1955. Finally, Piascik explores the three specific areas of pro football that the Browns helped revolutionize: the passing game, the kicking game, and defense.
Reader Reviews
"The Best Show in Football" is about the first ten years of the Cleveland Browns franchise, 1946-'55. The Browns played in their league championship in each of those years, winning 7. It is author Piascik's firm conviction that the Browns were the top dynasty in the history of pro football. (The other contenders are the 1940-`46 Bears, the `61-'67 Packers, the '74-'79 Steelers and the '81-'89 San Francisco 49ers). BSF ventures deep into the history of the old All America Football Conference and its' absorption into the National Football League. BSF is a virtual whirl of players, coaches, stadia and a myriad of franchise shifts. Try tracing the roots of the Colts franchise! There is a plethora of recollections from the `40s and `50s adding up to a mini history of pro football in those heady years after WW2. Piascik also offers deep analysis of most aspects of the game-almost to the point of paralysis! A cardinal point of BSF is the integration of the National Football League. The Browns signed Bill Willis and Marion Motley to contracts for the 1946 season and were far more progressive in signing black players than many other teams. The LA Rams and Detroit Lions are offered as examples of teams that were not. BSF is very well researched and documented. Author Piascik contacted 58 former NFL and AAFC players and provides a season by season scorecard of players shifts on the '46-'55 rosters. He has done his homework! Rating BSF is difficult: For hardcore Browns fans-and certainly for Ohio natives-this is a 5 star production. Younger fans and those from other parts of the country may not be so enthusiastic. 4 stars appear to be a fair call. BSF is noteworthy for its portrait of pro football just before its explosion in popularity and its' rise to the favorite sport of this country.
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