MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02441cam a22003254i 4500
001 2014037050
003 DLC
005 20150603082654.0
008 140917s2014 ncu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014037050
020 $a9780786478330 (Softcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781476617268 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ct
050 00 $aGV954$b.R93 2014
082 00 $a796.33209746$223
100 1 $aRyczek, William J.,$d1953-
245 10 $aConnecticut gridiron :$bfootball minor leaguers of the 1960s and 1970s /$cWilliam J. Ryczek.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 376 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 365) and index.
505 0 $aThe twenty-first century -- A minor league town -- One big step from the NFL -- That's what they do in the Fall -- A football crazed town: the 1962/63 Ansonia Black Knights -- The 1962 Stamford Golden Bears -- A hopeful beginning and a rude awakening: the 1964/65 Hartford Charter Oaks -- It's hard to be a major league: the 1966/67 Hartford Charter Oaks -- Two steps from the major leagues: the Meriden Shamrocks and New Britain Bees -- An unhappy relationship: the 1966/67 Waterbury Orbits -- A new team in Hartford -- The Championship Team: the right place at the right time -- The Championship Season: the 1968 Hartford Knights -- The 1969 Hartford Knights -- The Snow Bowl: the 1970 Hartford Knights -- Hi Ho, Hi Ho, to Bridgeport we go: the 1968/70 Bridgeport Jets -- A four team ACFL: the 1971 Hartford Knights and Bridgeport Jets -- A perfect season in an imperfect league: the 1972 Hartford Knights -- Back in the ACFL: the 1973 Hartford Knights and Bridgeport Jets -- Scores and records by season.
520 $a"This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut during the 60s and 70s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical research and interviews with nearly 70 former players, broadcasters and journalists. Now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, these men share their stories of a simpler era; the good times"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMinor league football$zConnecticut$xHistory.
650 0 $aFootball$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aFootball players$zConnecticut.