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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
On November 1, 1913, Notre Dame's 29-year-old football coach, Jesse Harper, defeated Navy by having his team rely heavily—and successfully—on the forward pass, which had been legalized only seven years earlier. Notre Dame's surprising victory was the start of its football program becoming a sports powerhouse, Maggio believes, and it forever changed how the game was played. The book's first half is excellent, as Notre Dame alum Maggio (he graduated from the law school in 1963) offers a well-researched, insightful look at football's beginnings and the school's early struggles, highlighting just how important that victory was for the survival of two future American institutions. Bafflingly, after the historical game, Maggio devotes countless pages to summarizing every game associated with Harper, who was also Notre Dame's athletic director from 1931 to 1933. Without interviews from players and coaches to offer new insights into these games, the rest of the book reads like eight years' worth of box scores punctuated by letters between Harper and Rockne: his friend, former player and coaching protégé. Even die-hard Fighting Irish fans will have trouble enduring Maggio's lack of narrative flair and focus. Photos not seen by PW. (Sept.)
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From Booklist
It's hard for modern fans to imagine football without passing. And, frankly, without the invention of the forward pass early in the twentieth century, it's unlikely the game would have survived. At least 325 deaths were recorded in college football between 1880 and 1905. The pass was effectively introduced to open the game up and reduce the number of calamitous hits, but it wasn't until Jesse Harper, head coach at Notre Dame in 1913, developed an efficient throwing technique that it became a viable offensive weapon. Assisting him were two star players, Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais. The trio worked together in 1913, and later, when the Fighting Irish upset highly favored Army 35-13, the pass—and Notre Dame—secured their places in football history. Maggio researched his subject carefully, uncovering heretofore unseen correspondence between Harper and Rockne. The result is a compellingly readable and informative examination of a seldom discussed cornerstone of football history. Detailed notes and an extensive bibliography round out an impressive volume. Lukowsky, Wes
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On November 1, 1913, Notre Dame's 29-year-old football coach, Jesse Harper, defeated Navy by having his team rely heavily—and successfully—on the forward pass, which had been legalized only seven years earlier. Notre Dame's surprising victory was the start of its football program becoming a sports powerhouse, Maggio believes, and it forever changed how the game was played. The book's first half is excellent, as Notre Dame alum Maggio (he graduated from the law school in 1963) offers a well-researched, insightful look at football's beginnings and the school's early struggles, highlighting just how important that victory was for the survival of two future American institutions. Bafflingly, after the historical game, Maggio devotes countless pages to summarizing every game associated with Harper, who was also Notre Dame's athletic director from 1931 to 1933. Without interviews from players and coaches to offer new insights into these games, the rest of the book reads like eight years' worth of box scores punctuated by letters between Harper and Rockne: his friend, former player and coaching protégé. Even die-hard Fighting Irish fans will have trouble enduring Maggio's lack of narrative flair and focus. Photos not seen by PW. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
It's hard for modern fans to imagine football without passing. And, frankly, without the invention of the forward pass early in the twentieth century, it's unlikely the game would have survived. At least 325 deaths were recorded in college football between 1880 and 1905. The pass was effectively introduced to open the game up and reduce the number of calamitous hits, but it wasn't until Jesse Harper, head coach at Notre Dame in 1913, developed an efficient throwing technique that it became a viable offensive weapon. Assisting him were two star players, Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais. The trio worked together in 1913, and later, when the Fighting Irish upset highly favored Army 35-13, the pass—and Notre Dame—secured their places in football history. Maggio researched his subject carefully, uncovering heretofore unseen correspondence between Harper and Rockne. The result is a compellingly readable and informative examination of a seldom discussed cornerstone of football history. Detailed notes and an extensive bibliography round out an impressive volume. Lukowsky, Wes
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