Tom Landry And Bill Walsh: How two coaching legends took championship football from the Packer Sweep to Brady vs. Manning
Lawson III, John (Author)
ISBN: 1499310420
Publisher: Create Space Independent Publishing
Binding: Paperback; 416 pages
Pub Date: January 21, 2014
The shotgun formation. The West Coast Offense. The 4-3 defense. We expect to see these things when we watch football, but without Tom Landry and Bill Walsh, it's possible we wouldn't see any of that. This is the story of how two independent thinkers molded football in general -- and championship football in particular. And they didn't just change the sport's Xs and Os; they changed its style. The story of their combined influence is unusual because neither man's ideas seriously affected the other's.
This story also is the tale of many football greats: Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, Jerry Rice, Tony Dorsett, Ronnie Lott, Bob Lilly, Roger Craig, Ed "Too Tall" Jones and numerous others. What's more, the story of these coaches is one of great opponents: Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Mike Ditka and Lawrence Taylor, to name a few.
Most of all, this is the story of two icons: Landry, the cerebral, stoic, impeccably-dressed engineer, and Walsh, the creative, professorial, somewhat sensitive artiste. Their greatest moments rank among football's seminal moments. Fittingly, each coach's most famous play was a pass. For Landry, it was the Hail Mary that beat the Vikings in the 1975 playoffs. And for Walsh, it was, of course, The Catch, which came at the expense of the Landry Cowboys. These stories and many others comprise the larger narrative of how these men shaped the game we see today.
Biographical Note: John Lawson III is a military analyst, a former journalist, and a former Marine. TOM LANDRY AND BILL WALSH is his first book. Lawson spent most of his journalism career as a reporter for THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. He has spent his career as an analyst working on contracts for the Air Force and the Marines. Lawson holds a B.A. from Washington & Lee University, a B.S. from the University of Maryland, and an M.A. from the University of Florida. His wife, Beth McMurtrie, is a reporter for THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. They have two children.
Lawson III, John (Author)
ISBN: 1499310420
Publisher: Create Space Independent Publishing
Binding: Paperback; 416 pages
Pub Date: January 21, 2014
The shotgun formation. The West Coast Offense. The 4-3 defense. We expect to see these things when we watch football, but without Tom Landry and Bill Walsh, it's possible we wouldn't see any of that. This is the story of how two independent thinkers molded football in general -- and championship football in particular. And they didn't just change the sport's Xs and Os; they changed its style. The story of their combined influence is unusual because neither man's ideas seriously affected the other's.
This story also is the tale of many football greats: Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, Jerry Rice, Tony Dorsett, Ronnie Lott, Bob Lilly, Roger Craig, Ed "Too Tall" Jones and numerous others. What's more, the story of these coaches is one of great opponents: Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Mike Ditka and Lawrence Taylor, to name a few.
Most of all, this is the story of two icons: Landry, the cerebral, stoic, impeccably-dressed engineer, and Walsh, the creative, professorial, somewhat sensitive artiste. Their greatest moments rank among football's seminal moments. Fittingly, each coach's most famous play was a pass. For Landry, it was the Hail Mary that beat the Vikings in the 1975 playoffs. And for Walsh, it was, of course, The Catch, which came at the expense of the Landry Cowboys. These stories and many others comprise the larger narrative of how these men shaped the game we see today.
Biographical Note: John Lawson III is a military analyst, a former journalist, and a former Marine. TOM LANDRY AND BILL WALSH is his first book. Lawson spent most of his journalism career as a reporter for THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. He has spent his career as an analyst working on contracts for the Air Force and the Marines. Lawson holds a B.A. from Washington & Lee University, a B.S. from the University of Maryland, and an M.A. from the University of Florida. His wife, Beth McMurtrie, is a reporter for THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. They have two children.
Lawson III, John (Author)
ISBN: 1499310420
Publisher: Create Space Independent Publishing
Binding: Paperback; 416 pages
Pub Date: January 21, 2014
The shotgun formation. The West Coast Offense. The 4-3 defense. We expect to see these things when we watch football, but without Tom Landry and Bill Walsh, it's possible we wouldn't see any of that. This is the story of how two independent thinkers molded football in general -- and championship football in particular. And they didn't just change the sport's Xs and Os; they changed its style. The story of their combined influence is unusual because neither man's ideas seriously affected the other's.
This story also is the tale of many football greats: Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, Jerry Rice, Tony Dorsett, Ronnie Lott, Bob Lilly, Roger Craig, Ed "Too Tall" Jones and numerous others. What's more, the story of these coaches is one of great opponents: Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Mike Ditka and Lawrence Taylor, to name a few.
Most of all, this is the story of two icons: Landry, the cerebral, stoic, impeccably-dressed engineer, and Walsh, the creative, professorial, somewhat sensitive artiste. Their greatest moments rank among football's seminal moments. Fittingly, each coach's most famous play was a pass. For Landry, it was the Hail Mary that beat the Vikings in the 1975 playoffs. And for Walsh, it was, of course, The Catch, which came at the expense of the Landry Cowboys. These stories and many others comprise the larger narrative of how these men shaped the game we see today.
Biographical Note: John Lawson III is a military analyst, a former journalist, and a former Marine. TOM LANDRY AND BILL WALSH is his first book. Lawson spent most of his journalism career as a reporter for THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. He has spent his career as an analyst working on contracts for the Air Force and the Marines. Lawson holds a B.A. from Washington & Lee University, a B.S. from the University of Maryland, and an M.A. from the University of Florida. His wife, Beth McMurtrie, is a reporter for THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. They have two children.