After eight decades, a history of the Pottsville Maroons NFL football team has finally been written. Those of us football fans who were fortunate to know of the Legend that is the Maroons knew that theirs was one of the greatest untold stories of professional sports - until now. This book is an excellent chronicle of the team from the small city of Pottsville, in the coal regions of Central Pennsylvania. Finally, a whole nation...
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I travel from my home in Shamokin to Reading a lot, and the road (PA route 901) goes right past the somewhat tacky strip mall that has replaced the old Maroons' Field. Were it not for a historical marker there, no one these days would probably realize that this was the field that was the home base for the 1925 NFL champions. The book "Breaker Boys" retells the story of the Pottsville team, and the folks who backed it, in almost...
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Just as history transformed a crew of unlikely athletes into winners, this book has ignited an interest in football and the genre of sports literature in an unlikely reader. Imediately, I was engaged by Fleming's vivid and disturbingly accurate descriptions of the working man's life in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. A life so desolate and dangerous that it is difficult to imagine without the help of a well crafted novel...
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The previous review is exactly why all real NFL fans should read this book and find out for themselves. For 80 years the NFL and people like Mr. Maher have been bullying Pottsville in the same manner, denying them their championship but, more importantly, as Fleming so wonderfully points out in his book, denying all NFL fans a chance to know one of the league's most entertaining and influential teams. Besides being a great...
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A great read for any football fan. Dave Fleming explains both sides of the controversy of the 1925 championship. He gives an illustrated account of the team of 1925 and their contribution to the NFL. No one has explored all known sources like Dave has. I guarantee that this is the most comprehensive examination ever published. If you were lucky enough to read the ARC, you must get this book which has more information as well...
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