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Fourth Down and Inches
Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment
By McClafferty, Carla Killough
- ISBN
- 978-1-4677-1067-1
- Publisher
- Carolrhoda
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2013
More than eight million American high school students play sports, but at what price? McClafferty focuses on football to discuss the serious and historically trivialized condition of concussion. Starting with football's beginnings in the late 1800s as a rugby spinoff, McClafferty details the game's early casualties (in 1909 twenty-eight football players died of head injuries); the controversy over its growing presence as a college sport; and how it survived challenges to become "firmly en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Sports
McClafferty's informative and useful book focuses on football to discuss the serious but historically trivialized condition of concussion. Starting with fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
