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Slingin Sam The Life and Times of the Greatest Quarterback Ever to Play the Game 1st Edition by Joe Holley, Peyton Manning ISBN 0292742134 9780292742130

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Author(s): Joe Holley; Peyton Manning
ISBN(s): 9780292742130, 0292742134
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 38.50 MB
Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0292742134 
ISBN 13: 9780292742130
Author: Joe Holley, Peyton Manning

Dan Jenkins calls him “the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro.” Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, who played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. While the pros still wore leather helmets and played the game more like rugby, Baugh’s ability to throw the ball with rifle-like accuracy made the forward pass a strategic weapon, not a desperation heave. Like Babe Ruth, who changed the very perception of how baseball is played, Slingin’ Sam transformed the notion of offense in football and how much yardage can be gained through the air. As the first modern quarterback, Baugh led the Redskins to five title games and two NFL championships, while leading the league in passing six times—a record that endures to this day—and in punting four times. In 1943, the triple-threat Baugh also scored a triple crown when he led the league in passing, punting, and interceptions.

Slingin’ Sam is the first major biography of this legendary quarterback, one of the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Joe Holley traces the whole arc of Baugh’s life (1914–2008), from his small-town Texas roots to his college ball success as an All-American at TCU, his brief flirtation with professional baseball, and his stellar career with the Washington Redskins (1937–1952), as well as his later career coaching the New York Titans and Houston Oilers and ranching in West Texas. Through Holley’s vivid descriptions of close-fought games, Baugh comes alive both as the consummate all-around athlete who could play every minute of every game, on both offense and defense, and as an all-around good guy.

Slingin Sam The Life and Times of the Greatest Quarterback Ever to Play the Game 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Early Years and College Career

  1. Sam Baugh: The Beginning

  2. Dutch Meyer: Short, Safe, Sure

  3. 1934: The Baugh Era at TCU Begins

  4. 1935: That Championship Season

  5. George Preston Marshall: Football Impresario

  6. Marshall’s Redskins: Boston Born but D.C. Bound

  7. 1936: Baugh’s Senior Year at TCU

Part II: Professional Career with the Redskins

  1. 1937: Slingin’ Sam Chooses a Career

  2. The 1937 Season: Baugh and the Redskins Debut in Washington

  3. The 1937 NFL Championship: Slaying the Monsters of the Midway

  4. Cardinal Sam? Baugh Tries the Major Leagues

  5. The 1938 and 1939 Redskins: Giant Victims

  6. The 1940 NFL Championship: The Monsters’ Revenge

  7. Go West, Young Sam: Hollywood Calling

  8. The Newest Thing under Heaven: The Double Mountain Ranch

  9. 1941: A Lackluster Season and a Day of Infamy

  10. The 1942 Season: Avenging 73–0

  11. 1943: A Baugh Trifecta and Another Championship Lost

  12. 1944 and 1945: Yet Another Missed Championship and the End of an Era

  13. The 1946 and 1947 Seasons: The Dismal Years Begin

  14. 1948–1952: Last Years with the Redskins

Part III: Post-Playing Career

  1. A Rancher Coaching Cowboys: Baugh at Hardin-Simmons University

  2. Back to the Pros: Coaching the Titans and the Oilers

  3. Ranching, Rodeoing, and Golfing: Sam in Retirement

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