Robert as George Plimpton once said, "The smaller the big ball the better the book."
Football and pro football in particular suffered from that analysis for many years but I am happy to say that this has changed. There have been several great books released in the past few years.
Chris Willis of NFL Films has written a series of god one on the early days of the game including OLD LEATHER which is a nice overview. He has also done books on Joe Carr and Dutch Clark.
A fun read for the AFL fans is REMEMBERING THE AFL by Dave Steidel, not a typical history but very good.
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