Football in America: Game of the Century

New Football Book Is Spectacular. Quality Sports Publications has recently released Football in America: Game of the Century, by sports journalist and respected sports reporter, Bob Oates. Football is America's game - first in the popularity polls, first in the ratings, and first in appeal to sports fans. Here is the book that tells you why. By talking to the biggest winners across football's century, Oates gets inside the game. From Knute Rockne and Vince Lombardi to Joe Namath, Bill Walsh and John Elway, this is the surprising story of the country's most intriguing sport - and its deliberate creation.

Football in America features up-close interviews and perceptive personality stories. There is an historical investigation of the game's almost unknown beginnings, and a unique look at the unlikely symbiosis of big-time football and higher education. Throughout, Oates reveals the essence of champions in his graceful and engaging style. If you like football, your going to love Football in America: Game of the Century.

Bob Oates has topped off his first 60 years as a sports reporter with more than a quarter of a century at the Los Angeles Times. One of the most respected and influential of sports journalists, Oates was first in the West to win the prestigious McCann Award for pro football writers. For many years, he has served on the selection committees for all three of the most coveted awards in team sports, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Heisman Trophy. The hard-cover, 352-page book is the most complete and interesting look at the purely American sport - football.