The Super Bowl (Watts History of Sports Series) ANNOTATION
A game-by-game account of the thirty-five Super Bowls that have been played from its first competition in 1967 through the game played in January 2001.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is every football fan's dream: a yard-by-yard account of the sport's ultimate event. Mark Stewart digs deep into Super Bowl history, beginning with the early days of the American Football League and the National Football League. Year by year, Stewart creates as story of thrilling plays, well-loved personalities, and adoring fans.
Packed with information and classic photographs from every era, this book has it all:
Behind-the-scenes anecdotes
sidebars with memorable Super Bowl and regular-season highlights
vital statistics from every Super Bowl, beginning in 1967
highlights and memorable plays from every game
hundreds of facts about how football and its fans have changed over the years
pictures and memorabilia of all of the game's greatest teams and star players, Vince Lombardi, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Steve Young, and more
FROM THE CRITICS
VOYA - Jane Van Wiemokly
These series titles from "The Watts History of Sports" satisfactorily relate in a year-by-year presentation information about the game, the participating teams, highlights of plays, anecdotes about athletes, and the final scores. Photos of key players and plays enhance the text. Sidebars about colorful characters connected to the sport or of memorable events are scattered throughout. Every year ends with a box listing the teams, the scores, and the best player(s) from each team. In The World Series, the top players' personal statistics are given. An introduction recounts the history of these ultimate sports events, how they came to be, the early years, and how the fans affected the sport. Stewart captures the drama of each game, as in the 1956 Don Larsen perfect game five between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees and in the 1969 Super Bowl III upset win by the New York Jets over the Baltimore Colts. Other titles in the series, including The Daytona 500 and The Final Four, include the same type of information within the same format. A colleague who fanatically follows college basketball read The Final Four and gave it a thumbs-up with the comment that it captures the essence and flavor of the NCAA Final Four. Just enough information is presented without being overwhelming. Bear in mind, however, that these books are not for everyone; the audience will be true sports enthusiasts. Index. Photos. Further Reading. Chronology. VOYA Codes: 3Q 2P M J S (Readable without serious defects; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2002, Franklin Watts, 160p.PLB
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