Dyed in Crimson
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ISBN13: | 9780252087097 |
ISBN10: | 0252087097 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 304 pages |
Size: | 229x152x25 mm |
Weight: | 420 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 22 black & white photographs |
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Zev Eleff tells the story of two immigrants’ sons shaped by a vision of an America that rewarded any person of virtue. As a player, the Chicago-born Horween had led Harvard to its 1920 Rose Bowl victory. As a coach, he faced intractable opposition from powerful East Coast alumni because of his values and Midwestern, Jewish background. Eleff traces Bingham and Horween’s careers as student-athletes and their campaign to wrest control of the football program from alumni. He also looks at how Horween undermined stereotypes of Jewish masculinity and dealt with the resurgent antisemitism of the 1920s.
"Eleff's well-researched examination of the changes that Horween and Bingham brought to Harvard in the 1920s is an uplifting story that is needed as Americans grapple with the latest wave of anti-Semitism." --Sport in American History
Chapter I: The (Cinder) Path to a Better Life
Chapter II: Winning isn’t Everything, but it is Something
Chapter III: Americanization, the Jewish Take on Success
Chapter IV: Winning for Winning’s Sake
Chapter V: Football, the Ultimate Wargame of Life
Chapter VI: Horween versus McMahon and Rise of the National Football League
Chapter VII: A Member of the Hebrew Race to Become Head Coach of Harvard?
Chapter VIII: An Honorable Failure and Satisfactory Game in Every Way
Chapter IX: The Crusade to Keep Football a Game
Conclusion
Acknowledgments