Dyed in Crimson: Football, Faith, and Remaking Harvard's America

by Zev Eleff

Book Overview

In 1926, Harvard athletic director Bill Bingham chose former Crimson All-American Arnold Horween as coach of the university's moribund football team. The pair instilled a fresh culture, one based on merit rather than social status, and in the virtues of honor and courage over mere winning. Yet their success challenged entrenched ideas about who belonged at Harvard and, by extension, who deserved to lay claim to the American dream. Zev Eleff tells...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252087097
• ISBN13: 9780252087097
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"