Description
Book Synopsis Revered pass catcher Don Hutson played for three Green Bay Packers championship squads between 1935 and 1945 and was a charter-class member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. An All-American wide receiver for the University of Alabama, the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, native was a pioneer of the position, mastering the passing game just as it was reaching maturation.
Hutson invented many of the pass routes still in use today and retired from the game with 19 NFL records, some of which stood for decades. This first book-length biography chronicles Hutson''s life and career during football''s leather helmet era of the Great Depression and World War II.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Growing Up in Arkansas
- 2. High School Play
- 3. The Passing World Gets Ready for Don Hutson
- 4. Alabama
- 5. Alabama Reigns
- 6. Last Days at Alabama
- 7. The Rose Bowl
- 8. Off to Green Bay
- 9. Starting with the Packers
- 10. Making a Mark
- 11. Baseball Still Beckons—For a While
- 12. First Championship
- 13. Aiming for Another Title
- 14. Close to Winning It All Again
- 15. 1939—Another Crown
- 16. The Biggest Little Town
- 17. Trying to Repeat
- 18. 1941
- 19. War-Time Football
- 20. Making the Most of It
- 21. New Looks for 1943
- 22. One More Crown
- 23. The Last Go-Around
- 24. Legacy
- Epilogue
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
