What is the Football Book List You Say?

Now gone, the Football Book List was just what its name implies. WHY is there a Football Book List? Well, hard to say EXACTLY why, but over the years it has served as a way point, or better yet, a starting point for researching the amazingly varied history of America's great game.

You may find it courtesy of the Wayback Machine here.

First, a bit about yours truly. My name is Damon Betz. I played football many years ago (as it were).

I have always had the knack for the game.
As I grow older this knack has diminished quite steadily: Creaky knees and a stiff back are testaments to the many battles won and lost on the gridiron.

It was prior to my participation in the SEC (the BEST conference in the land) that I discovered several books in my high school's library:

 "Championship Football by 12 Great Coaches" (Prentice Hall  1962), "Run and Shoot Football: Offense of the Future"(Glenn Tiger Ellison 1965), "The Pro-T Offense in High School Football" (Harry Gamble 1962) and "Modern Single Wing Football" (Charles Caldwell 1951) are a few of the vaults unlocked. These titles, along with the periodical Athletic Journal spurred my interest in the science of and into the "X's and O's" of football.

Diagram from Run and Shoot Football Offense of the Future

It wasn't until about 6 years ago did I really find another interest, one that surpasses, but that does not supersede the X's and