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The Story of the 1959 Syracuse University National Championship Football Team | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gary Youmans, Maury Youmans
Publisher: Campbell Road Press, Inc.
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 238
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0815681399
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
EAN: 9780815681397
ASIN: 0815681399
Publication Date: October 30, 2003
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Book Description
This is the story of a group of unheralded athletes driven to the pinnacle of college football by a hardnosed coach whose style was right for the times. This inside look at college football in 1959 follows the Syracuse University Football Team through their remarkable season. Led by a team captain who as a young boy in Nazi Germany survived World War II, this improbable tale is at times humorous, other times poignant, but always brutally honest. It's a look back at a young black kid by the name of Ernie Davis who would blaze a trail and then tragically be gone. At the end of a decade so rich in culture, we find this unique blend of young men coming together to create a lasting moment in time.
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Where were the editors? May 22, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a valuable resource in that the story of the 1959 national champion Syracuse Orange needed to be told. The information gathered in the various interviews is informative and revealing.
That said, was no one assigned to copyedit or fact-check this book? The errors jump out at you from the second sentence of chapter one (where "its" is spelled "it's") and continue throughout, to chapter 19 (where "we're" is spelled "were").
Errors of fact abound, such as referring to Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson as "Wilkerson" and Pitt coach John Micheloson as "Michelson." Photos of SU vs. Maryland are misidentified as SU vs. Penn State. And I don't believe the University of Kansas ever used the nickname "Jayhawkers" as the book claims; nor was the Kansas coach in 1959, Jack Mitchell, an All-America at Oklahoma (at least not a consensus All-America).
The book even concludes with an error (of ommission). The final page has a list of "1959 Syracuse University Football Team Statistics," categories in which the team led the nation, such as 451.5 yards/game total offense and 39 points/game scoring. However, the listing "Touchdowns -- 21" should be "Passing Touchdowns."
-- Jon C. Halter
Euless, TX
5.22.07
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