| Introduction Football is the game of the seventies. Its heroes are constantly in thepublic s eye; their faces glaring at us from the nation s newspapers andtelevision screens. We know about their personalities and their privatelives. What we lack is knowledge about their achievements---on the foot-ball field. You say I m crazy ? Let me prove I m not. In baseball, it iscommon knowledge that Henry Aaron holds the record for the mostlifetime home runs. Babe Ruth or (asterisk) Roger Marls hold the single-season record, depending upon how old you are. But how many peopleknow the player who holds the lifetime record for touchdowns, the ul-timate score in football? What about the single-season record? It s notthat easy, is it? Don t blame yourself. Football was thrust into our con-sciousness in the 1960 s, and the moguls of the game could not provideus with the tradition that baseball provided: the glorious history whichenhances one s enjoyment of the game. Yet the names of football greats ring in the mind s ear. Johnny Unitas,Joe Namath, O. J. Simpson, Jim Brown-all the way back to RedGrange and then some. Why are they so famous? What did they ac-complish? The Football Quiz Book doesn t tell you right out. It asks youfirst, thus providing added suspense. If you don t know the answer, it isfight there in front of you. What s more, the book delves into the answerin depth to provide you with data and the proper background. The Football Quiz Book is written almost backwards. Instead of start-ing at the beginning--namely, in the early 1920s---the book starts out in the present and works its way back. Therefore, the names you first see will be the most recognizable; but as I take you back in time, I hope that somewhere in your memory bank, certain names will bring out an "Oh, yeah" response. 1 sincet ely hope you enjoy reading this book. It will mean to me that |
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