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Before Namath, before the Heidi Game, before the guaranteed Super Bowl victory, there were the New York Titans. Remember the Titans? They played to meager crowds and mediocre results in the decrepit Polo Grounds. The organization, a charter member of the American Football League in 1960, was in constant danger of bankruptcy. After struggling for three seasons, the Titans would finally be assumed by the league. New owners were found, the franchise was renamed the Jets and a new stadium would welcome the team in 1964.

The revised edition of this award-winning book covers the turbulent history and eventual crash landing of the team that would become the New York Jets. The early days of the upstart AFL are also explored, as are the league''s constant feuds with the Titans'' underfunded and overbearing owner, Harry Wismer. Four appendices with team results, rosters and statistics are included.

Crash of the Titans The Early Years of the New

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 5/19/2009
      ISBN13: 9780786441266, 978-0786441266
      ISBN10: 0786441267

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      Book Synopsis

      Before Namath, before the Heidi Game, before the guaranteed Super Bowl victory, there were the New York Titans. Remember the Titans? They played to meager crowds and mediocre results in the decrepit Polo Grounds. The organization, a charter member of the American Football League in 1960, was in constant danger of bankruptcy. After struggling for three seasons, the Titans would finally be assumed by the league. New owners were found, the franchise was renamed the Jets and a new stadium would welcome the team in 1964.

      The revised edition of this award-winning book covers the turbulent history and eventual crash landing of the team that would become the New York Jets. The early days of the upstart AFL are also explored, as are the league''s constant feuds with the Titans'' underfunded and overbearing owner, Harry Wismer. Four appendices with team results, rosters and statistics are included.

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