Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-Or-Break Moment

by Carla Killough McClafferty

Book Overview

When the 1905 football season ended, nineteen players were dead and countless others were critically injured. The public was outraged. The game had reached a make-or-break moment--fourth down and inches. Coaches, players, fans, and even the president of the United States had one last chance: change football or leave the field.

Football's defenders managed to move the chains. Rule changes and reforms after 1905 saved the game and cleared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467710679
• ISBN13: 9781467710671
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary