The Boys of Autumn

摘要

In the sweltering dog days of summer, professional and college football players hit the practice field to prepare for the upcoming football season. Publishers are primed with a deep roster of football titles to celebrate these boys of autumn.rnSome historical topics seem to be of perennial interest. The American Football League (AFL) had a major impact on the expansion of professional football in the 1960s. Although this expansion has been much covered, Felser offers a fresh perspective. Beat man for the Buffalo Bills from the start in 1960, he witnessed the struggles and triumphs of the insurgent league. While his book is ostensibly about the AFL-NFL merger, he supplies a great deal of informed background on the AFL in a delightful account that underscores how the competition between the two leagues created a better game by the end of the Sixties. For all libraries.