Overview

For 39 seasons at four schools, Dr. Edward N. Anderson spent autumn afternoons roaming the sidelines of college and university gridirons across America. Throughout his career, dignity, composure and a penetrating focus were hallmarks of his sideline decorum. This biography catalogues the life of that ""good doctor"" who became dean of America's college football coaches and was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame for lasting influence. Beginning with his young life as a star player, the book relates how Anderson mastered the game as an All-American end under Notre Dame's legendary Knute Rockne. Then, armed with a firm command of the so-called Notre Dame system of football, Anderson entered the collegiate coaching ranks in 1922 and served as a head coach for all but four of the next 43 years. Simultaneously he devoted himself to the practice of medicine and guided his teams to hundreds of victories. Dr. Anderson is a football icon not only for the indelible impression he made on hundreds of young men who had played for him but also for his role as one of the last of an era of gentlemen coaches who had cut their teeth on football during the Rockne era. On the eve of his retirement from college football in 1964, Dr. Anderson was the game's elder statesman, revered by players, fellow coaches, fans and members of the press. His football odyssey, during which he crossed paths with the most influential and colorful personalities of the game, is chronicled in depth.

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Author:   Kevin Carroll
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.807kg
ISBN:  

9780786430079

ISBN 10:   0786430079
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   13 February 2007
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. The Early Years      2. Under the Golden Dome      3. George Gipp      4. Captain Eddie Anderson      5. The Carlinville Eight      6. Columbia (Loras) College      7. 1923–1924      8. The 1925 NFL Championship      9. 1926: One Whirlwind Year      10. The DePaul Years      11. Holy Cross      12. 1936–1937      13. Iowa Comes Calling      14. A Coaching Moses Comes to Iowa      15. 1939: One Magic Season      16. Nile Kinnick      17. The Forties at Iowa      18. The Post-War Years at Iowa      19. Return to Mount St. James      20. A New Deal at Holy Cross      21. Eddie Anderson: The Coach      22. Eddie Anderson: Doctor and Teacher      23. The Sixties      24. The Final Curtain      25. Life After Football      Appendix: Anderson’s Career Coaching Record      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

"""fascinating, beautifully written and frank portrayal""--Holy Cross Magazine; ""well researched...well written...long overdue biography about one of college football's most colorful names...a definite recommendation""--College Football Historical Society."

fascinating, beautifully written and frank portrayal --Holy Cross Magazine; well researched...well written...long overdue biography about one of college football's most colorful names...a definite recommendation --College Football Historical Society.

fascinating, beautifully written and frank portrayal --Holy Cross Magazine well researched...well written...long overdue biography about one of college football's most colorful names...a definite recommendation --College Football Historical Society.

Author Information

Kevin Carroll is a history teacher at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He also served as their head football coach for 30 years.

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