It Was A Different Game (inscribed and signed by Elmer Layden)

Published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1969

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Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)

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Hardcover in blue cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LAYEN ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, "To my friend Tony, a great standing guard from Cornell and Pittsburg/ With admiration/ Elmer Layden". Very good, in bright crisp dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the top edge for front panel where it meets the spine. Fourth printing stated on copyright page and jacket flap. 175 pp. Illustrated with photos. A nostalgic picture of a bygone football ear buy one of the legendary "Four Horsemen of Notre Dame". Nicknames "The Thin Man", Elmer Layden (1903-1973) was the heaviest of The Four Horsemen (at 6 feet and 165 pounds). He was a fullback but played during the 2-way player era; his greatest game was the 1925 Rose Bowl in which he scored the first touchdown on a three yard run then on defense turned two interceptions inro touchdowns, thus accounting for three of the Fighting Irish scores in a 27-10 victory over Stanford, bringing Noter Dame its first national championship. After his playing career, he was the head football coach at Duquesne and then has head coach at Notre Dame from 1934 to 1940. He left that post to become Commissioner of the National Football League for six seasons. layen was elected to the Football Hall of Fame in 1951.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
It Was A Different Game (inscribed and signed by Elmer Layden)
Author
Elmer Layden (with Ed Snyder)
Publisher
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs
Publication year
1969
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
very good
Binding
Hardcover

Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)

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