Allie Sherman’s Book top of Football Edited - J F Dreyspool - First Edition - Hardcover - 1963 - famous coach of the New York Giants classroom

Allie Sherman's Book of Football
Edited by J F Dreyspool
First Edition
Hardcover
No dust jacket
6 X 9
177 pages
Doubleday
1963

This book is in very good condition. There are a few small spots on the cloth cover and there is the owners name written on the front endpaper. All other pages top are clean and intact. See photos for details.

The famous coach of the New York Giants reveals the philosophy and techniques of winning football.

An instructional book from the New York Giants Football classroom with many diagrams and photographs to illustrate technique and strategy.

From the first chapter:
Hi Team! Come and join min in the classroom where the New York Giants spend a lot of their time. We're all there because we want to be. The more we can learn about the game, the better player we are. We want to know ‘why' as well as ‘how'. Modern football is played with the mind as well as the body. So pull up a chair and put on your thinking cap. Just as we do in the Giants' classroom, we'll try to establish as common knowledge of the theories, fine points, and basic fundamentals of football.

From the web:
Named "Coach of the Year" for both of his first two seasons at the helm of the New York Giants, Allie Sherman reveals in these pages the fundamentals, fine points, and philosophy of winning football. "The greatest sports spectacle ever devised" has come a long way from its brawling, no-helmet beginnings at the turn of the last century. The modern variety of the game demands the maximum in team coordination, split-second timing, and mental and physical conditioning. Yet despite the ever-increasing trend towards specialization, Coach Sherman firmly believes that each player should be thoroughly familiar with all the assignments of his teammates and the individual strengths and weaknesses of his opponents. The author opens with a concise analysis of each offensive and defensive position, detailing the correct physical and mental requirements of each position. He goes on to evaluate why he prefers the Basic "T". With the aid of more than a hundred photos and diagrams he outlines his favorite running and passing attacks, giving the theory and timing of each play. Defensive tactics on the modern gridiron have never been more important, and the coach of one of the most formidable defensive aggregations in the history of pro football discusses the execution of the "red dog", the "blitz," and the blocked field goal attempt. This book is an expert's guide to the championship play for high school and college competitors (and their coaches), and will provide the growing number of grandstand quarterbacks an invaluable insight into the intricacies of the game.