The Greatest American Football Story That Has Never Been Told: How Gridiron Stopped the War

by Anthony Wootton

The compelling story of how American football was used to boost morale and inject camaraderie between the Allied forces in wartime London

In December 1943, as London faced a fifth Christmas of blackouts and no sign of World War Two ending, a chance encounter at an English pub between a Canadian and an American officer led to the staging of a football game: the Tea Bowl. A few weeks later, 30,000 Canadian and American troops, as well...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1801506779
• ISBN13: 9781801506779
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages