A comprehensive look at football history with statistics through the 2001-2002 season. Includes a who's who of players and coaches, summaries of the greatest games, statistical leaders and award winners, and more.

Football On This Day brings together the wonder goals, the heroes, the villains, the funny, the sad, and the downright bizarre from every day of the year. Discover who invented the FA Cup, find out which non-league club claim to be the first world champions, or just look up what happened on your birthday. The book covers those events that flesh out the beautiful game in handy day-by-day chunks that will give every football fanatic their daily dose of football trivia.

Excerpt from Football Facts and Figures: A Symposium of Expert Opinions on the Game's Place in American Athletics The stir that had been created last fall by the wholesale attacks upon football was sufficient to leave parents of boys in an uncomfortable uncertainty as to what I their duty was, and this uncertainty finally led a prominent Boston gentleman to formally ask the Harvard Board of Overseers for an investigation. No one, up to that time, had felt called upon to present the other side of the question, and those most familiar with the sport had been disinclined to take up what might, they said, be termed a defence of football. But when it was made evident that in such an enquiry there was only the desire for a full and complete investigation, it seemed both possible and just to secure a wide expression of opinion from past players, and from those most competent, through their connection with schools and colleges, to judge as to the effects of the game, Mr. Robert Bacon, of the Harvard Board of Overseers, was on the committee to whom this question was referred, and in November he came to New Haven and asked Mr. Walter Camp if he would consent to act as chairman of a committee or body of investigators who should look into the matter thoroughly. He further stated that the gentleman who asked the question of the Harvard Board of Overseers was in no way opposed to football, but was, like many others, anxious to possess some definite knowledge as to the facts. The plan seemed practicable, and after obtaining their consent to act, the following gentlemen were asked to attend a 1893. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Football Facts and Figures: A Symposium of Expert Opinions on the Game's Place in American Athletics The committee have also assembled the Opinions Of members Of the faculty and head-masters Of schools that the reader might know what the effect Of the game was from the standpoint Of the expert Observer who would be particularly tenacious Of the rights Of study and discipline. In order to have a fair Showing Of both Sides, all the letters received from this source are printed. In the case of the letters from players, the opinion was so unanimously in favor of the sport that only a few are given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.