{"product_id":"the-columbus-panhandles-a-complete-history-of-pro-footballs-toughest-team-1900-1922-paperback","title":"The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Willis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1901 workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio formed a professional football team called the Columbus Panhandles. The railroad workers, mainly European immigrants, learned the game of football not on college gridirons, but on the sandlots of railroad yards during their lunch breaks. With the leadership of an innovative team manager and its tough physical play, the Panhandles went on to play for more than twenty years as one of the most successful teams in the rag-tag days of professional football. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncorporating original interviews and actual newspaper accounts, Chris Willis recreates the largely forgotten story of this unique squad of men. In The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922, Willis shows how team manager, future NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, used the perks of free railroad travel for employees and the gate attraction of the famous Nesser brothers to build pro football's most successful traveling team. Season by season, Willis provides a fascinating account of the team's spectacular triumphs and crushing losses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Willis\u003c\/b\u003e is head of the Research Library, NFL Films, a position he has held since 1996. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOld Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), both published by Scarecrow Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.94 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42090217996423,"sku":"9780810858930","price":143.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/31130b6bc44d1a740d795203ae1e3344.webp?v=1732280695","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-columbus-panhandles-a-complete-history-of-pro-footballs-toughest-team-1900-1922-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}