Slingin' Sam: The Life and Times of the Greatest Quarterback Ever to Play the Game

by Joe Holley

Dan Jenkins calls him "the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro." Slingin' Sammy Baugh, who played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. While the pros still wore leather helmets and played the game more like rugby, Baugh's ability to throw the ball with rifle-like accuracy made the forward pass a strategic weapon, not a desperation heave. Like Babe Ruth, who changed the very perception...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029271985X
• ISBN13: 9780292719859
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"