Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl

Joseph S. Page is an organizational development consultant in Nashville, Tennessee. His other works include biographies of former heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera and boxing’s first world middleweight champion Nonpareil Jack Dempsey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiIntroduction      1926 AFL—The First Championship Games      1926 AFL—The NFL Challenge      1932 NFL—In from the Snow and the Cold      1933 NFL—Number One      1934 NFL—MVP: Abe Cohen      1935 NFL—The Lions Roar      1936 NFL—The First Neutral Site      1937 NFL—Enter Sammy Baugh      1938 NFL—The Gridiron Sport at Its Primitive Best      1939 NFL—Curley’s Perfect Packers      1940 NFL—The Wrath of the Bears      1941 NFL—Storm Clouds on the Horizon      1942 NFL—The Redskins’ Revenge      1943 NFL—Bronko’s Back!      1944 NFL—A Hidden Jewel      1945 NFL—Of Cold and Crossbars      1946 AAFC—The Browns Take Center Stage      1946 NFL—A Dark Day in Gotham      1947 AAFC—The Browns Repeat      1947 NFL—This One’s for Charlie      1948 AAFC—Perfect      1948 NFL—Snowbirds      1949 AAFC—Four for Four!      1949 NFL—Are You Sure This Isn’t Seattle?      1950 NFL—Look, Elmer, We’ve Got a Ball!      1951 NFL—How to Stop a Freight Train?      1952 NFL—The Lions’ Texas Connections      1953 NFL—The Lions Repeat      1954 NFL—Goodbye, Otto      1955 NFL—Goodbye, Otto ...Again      1956 NFL—Gene Filipski’s Giant Day      1957 NFL—A Long Day in Detroit      1958 NFL—Sudden Death      1959 NFL—A Brilliant Duel in Baltimore      1960 AFL—The George Blanda Show      1960 NFL—Swan Song for the Dutchman      1961 AFL—Blanda Bowl II      1961 NFL—The Pack Is Back      1962 AFL—Sudden Death II      1962 NFL—One That Got Away: Tales of the Wind and Jimmy Taylor      1963 AFL—Keith Lincoln’s Big Day      1963 NFL—One More for Papa Bear      1964 AFL—Jack Kemp’s Revenge      1964 NFL—Ambush by the Lake      1965 AFL—Trampled by a Thundering Herd      1965 NFL—A Win for the Walking Wounded      Professional Football Champions Prior to the 1933 Title Game      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“Page clearly has labored to gather factual information and present it in a clear, straightforward fashion. Football trivia buffs will encounter many unusual and interesting tidbits”—ARBA.