John J. Miller delivers the intriguing, never-before-told story of how Theodore Roosevelt saved American Football-a game that would become the nation €™s most popular sport. Miller €™s sweeping, novelistic retelling captures the violent, nearly lawless days of late 19th  century football and the public outcry that would have ended the great game but for a crucial Presidential intervention. Teddy Roosevelt €™s championing of football led to the creation of the NCAA, the innovation of the forward pass, a vital collaboration between Walter Camp, Charles W. Eliot, John Heisman and others, and, ultimately, the creation of a new American pastime. Miller €™s  The Big Scrum  reclaims from the shadows of obscurity a remarkable story of one defining moment in our nation €™s history.
Author: John J. Miller
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publishing Date: April, 2012
Paperback: 272 pages
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