Texas High School Football
Title | Texas High School Football PDF eBook |
Author | Bill McMurray |
Publisher | |
Pages | 527 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780896517837 |
The Texas love affair with highschool football has been going on for years and grows more passionate with each year.
Thursday Night Lights
Title | Thursday Night Lights PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hurd |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2019-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1477318305 |
Telling an inspiring, largely unknown story, Thursday Night Lights recounts how African American high school football programs produced championship teams and outstanding players during the Jim Crow era.
Big and Bright
Title | Big and Bright PDF eBook |
Author | Gray Levy |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2015-09-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1630760900 |
Texas is a diverse state. But the one thing that binds Texans more than their state pride, even more than religion, is football. For the many towns and cities of Texas, high school football is more than a sport or an extracurricular activity—it’s the glue of their community. Author Gray Levy, a high school football coach for more than two decades, became disillusioned with the state of the education system nationwide and traveled to Texas, a place where high school football still matters, to see just what schools and communities were doing right. What he found will both confirm and debunk common presumptions about high school football in Texas, a complex phenomenon that varies by region, school size, and the ethnic diversity of the Lone Star State.
Rites of Fall
Title | Rites of Fall PDF eBook |
Author | Al Reinert |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN |
The passion and essence of Texas high school football is captured in a photographic essay on the players, fans, pep rallies, speeches, and bands that conveys the spirit of all Friday night football games.
Home Field
Title | Home Field PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Wilson |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 0292721994 |
Contains 83 numbered photos of high school football stadiums, most on two-page spreads.
King Football
Title | King Football PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Bynum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Football |
ISBN | 9780971390300 |
Mythical tales of the exploits of schoolboy football in the Lone Star state. Excellent compilation of news stories and photos covering the history of Texas high school football. Includes development of programs for all races (segregated and interracial) and sizes of teams (i.e., six man football).
Team of the Century
Title | Team of the Century PDF eBook |
Author | Al Pickett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781880510872 |
Fifty years ago Abilene High School, under legendary Coach Chuck Moser, became a football dynasty in Texas. Moser moved to Abilene in 1953 at age thirty-four. What followed were seven of the most amazing years in the rich history of Texas high school football. The 1954, 1955, and 1956 teams won state championships. From 1954 to 1957 the Eagles won an incredible forty-nine consecutive games. Abilene captured six district titles in a row in a rugged West Texas league known as the Little Southwest Conference. In Moser's seven years, Abilene won seventy-eight games and lost only seven. In its 1999 wrap-up of the twentieth century in Texas, The Dallas Morning News designated the Eagles of 1954-57 as the "Team of the Century" in high school football. Veteran sports writer Al Pickett explores how Moser worked his magic to galvanize an entire community in support of his program and turn an otherwise ordinary group of high school kids into the best football team in Texas history.