Total Football
The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football
by Bob Carroll, John Thorn, Michael Gershman, David Neft (Editors)
Overview
FROM THE PUBLISHER
For the first time ever, you'll find complete statistics for every player who has played even a single game in the NFL. Essays on the history of the game, its championship teams, and most significant games are just the beginning. Total Football also features articles on the evolution of strategy through the years, team histories, the 300 greatest players, football families, players who enjoyed great public careers after football (such as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White), and the most complete lists ever published on team rosters, awards, and the draft.
My thoughts
Can I live without this book? Probably not!
This is probably THE most frequently used book in my reference library. (I'm not sure what that says about me!) I am the webmaster of a Seattle Seahawks fan website as well as a webmaster for a former professional football player. This book is invaluable to me on the hobby level as well as the professional level. If more women had this book, they wouldn't be writing to me to ask if the guy who was hitting on them in the bar really did play football for the Seahawks once upon a time. 'nuff said!
Favorite Passage
There's not really a passage I want to quote from the book because my primary use is the section on statistics. However the book has over 1600 pages and a wealth of information!
