Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-Or-Break Moment

by Carla Killough McClafferty

When the 1905 football season ended, nineteen players were dead and countless others were critically injured. The public was outraged. The game had reached a make-or-break moment--fourth down and inches. Coaches, players, fans, and even the president of the United States had one last chance: change football or leave the field.

Football's defenders managed to move the chains. Rule changes and reforms after 1905 saved the game and cleared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467710679
• ISBN13: 9781467710671
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary