Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | How one coach's madness changed football
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ISBN: | 9780803226173 0803226179 9780803218949 080321894X
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-486) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | This book tells the little-known story of the man who forever changed the way football is played--and whose coaching lineage can be traced to such current names as Bill Walsh, Al Davis, and Mike Holmgren. Frantic Francis offers an unforgettable portrait of an eccentric character whose paranoid, manic, brusque, and profane ways shocked and confused even his players, but whose speedy, deceptive, and imaginative plays remade the sport of football. Although Schmidt's mania eventually sabotaged his career, his legacy was secure and the style he introduced continues to make football one of the most p.
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Other form: | Print version : Perkins, Brett. Frantic Francis. Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803218949
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Govt.docs classification: | U5002 T332 -2009
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