ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History [Paperback]

Michael MacCambridge (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2009

THE ESPN SEC FOOTBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA INCLUDES

• expanded profiles and histories of all twelve Southeastern Conference football programs, as well as former SEC schools Georgia Tech and Tulane
• original essays on what makes each SEC program unique written by such experts as Winston Groom (Alabama), Lou Holtz (South Carolina), and Buster Olney (Vanderbilt)
• two-page record books for each school, with all-time and annual leaders
• all-time teams, college and pro football hall of fame inductees, first-round draft choices, and retired numbers for every school
• a complete bowl history for each team, including box scores
• a history of the Southeastern Conference written by Chuck Culpepper, and the all-time SEC team as selected by Ivan Maisel, author of A War in Dixie

Editorial Reviews

Review

“For everyone who values college football, ESPN College Football Encyclopedia is an enormous endeavor and a fine tribute to the game.” —Joe Paterno, head coach, Penn State

“Let us give thanks to the college football gods, for unto us a bible is given. . . . Massive in scope, minute in detail, and more than three years in the making, it’s a worthy successor to its ancestor, The Baseball Encyclopedia. Editor Michael MacCambridge and his staff of elves have produced an exhaustive–some might say exhausting–work.”—Sports Illustrated

“Enough stats, scores and historical nuggets to satisfy even the heartiest pigskin appetite.”—Bradenton Herald

“If you’re a college football fan, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. . . . Be careful, though. You might get so wrapped up in its 1,629 pages that you forget you have a job.”—Washington Times

About the Author

Michael MacCambridge is the editor of ESPN College Football Encyclopedia and ESPN Sportscentury, as well as the author of America’s Game and The Franchise: A History of Sports Illustrated. He lives with his wife and children in St. Louis, Missouri.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: ESPN; Original edition (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034551386X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345513861
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Education & Reference > Encyclopedias > Sports

More About the Author

Michael MacCambridge has written about movies, music and popular culture, but he is best known as one of the nation's foremost authorities on pro and college football.

His 2004 book 'America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured A Nation' was published by Random House, and named by The Washington Post as one of the most distinguished works of non-fiction in 2004. The book also won the Nelson Ross Award given by the Professional Football Researchers Association, for outstanding achievement in pro football research and history. The paperback version was published by Anchor Vintage in 2005.

His first book was 'The Franchise: A History of Sports Illustrated Magazine,' which was named as a New York Times Noteworthy Book, and described by the Boston Globe as "one of the great sports-book reads of all time." In 1999, he was the editor and a contributing writer for the New York Times bestseller 'ESPN SportsCentury,' a retrospective of sports in the 20th Century that included original essays by David Halberstam, Joyce Carol Oates, Roy Blount, Jr., Gerald Early, and others.

In 2005, MacCambridge edited the critically-acclaimed 'ESPN College Football Encyclopedia,' hailed by Sports Illustrated as "the Bible" of the sport.

In 2009, MacCambridge co-authored 'More Than A Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL,' with Brian Billick, the Super Bowl-winning former head coach of the Baltimore Raves. Also in 2009, MacCambridge was one of the contributing essayists to 'A New Literary History of America,' by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors.

MacCambridge's freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, GQ, and many other publications. From 1988-95, he was a columnist and critic at the Austin American-Statesman, writing about movies, music and popular culture. He earned a Master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1986. A year earlier, he received his B.A. from Creighton University in Omaha.

Since 1997, he has been an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and performed a wide range of public speaking and editorial consulting work. The father of two children, Miles and Ella, he lives in St. Louis.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ESPN SEC Football Encyclopedia., February 1, 2010

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A must for all College Football fans, not just SEC fans. As with other ESPN books I have purchased over the years, this is a well researched book. Worth the price!