When It Was Just a Game

Remembering the First Super Bowl

by Harvey Frommer

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Pub Date Sep 30 2015 | Archive Date Sep 18 2015

Rowman & Littlefield | Taylor Trade Publishing

History | Sports

Description

Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer and with an introduction by pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, When It Was Just a Game tells the fascinating story of the ground-breaking AFL–NFL World Championship Football game played on January 15, 1967: Packers vs. Chiefs. Filled with new insights, containing commentary from the recently discovered unpublished memoir of Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram, and featuring oral history from many who were at the game—media, players, coaches, fans—the book presents back story and front story in the words of those who lived it and saw it go on to become the Super Bowl, the greatest sports attraction the world has ever known. Archival photographs and drawings help bring the event to life.

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This is a set of uncorrected page proofs. It is not a finished book and is not expected to look like one. Errors in spelling, page length, format and so forth will all be corrected by the time the book is published several months from now. Photos and diagrams, which may be included in the finished book, may not be included in this format. Uncorrected proofs are primarily useful so that you, the reader, might know months before actual publication what the author and publisher are offering. If you plan to quote the text in your review, you must check it with the publicist or against the final version. Please contact publicity@rowman.com with any questions. Thank you!

Advance Praise

In this detailed oral and narrative history, author Harvey Frommer dramatically creates a narrative arc that brings back the time.
— Frank Gifford, NFL Hall of Famer

Harvey Frommer is one of the most intelligent and informed observers of sports on the American scene. It is always a pleasure to read his work.
— Roger Kahn

In Harvey Frommer’s sure hands with oral history, this book is a treasure.
— John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball