19 Best American Football Books
Goal: Find the best American Football books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best american football books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
19 Best American Football Books
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Paper Lion
Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
by George Plimpton
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America's Game
The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation
by Michael MacCambridge
Belichick
The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
by Ian O'Connor
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
A Novel
by Ben Fountain
End Zone
by Don DeLillo
Finding the Winning Edge
by Bill Walsh
Home Field
A Novel
by Hannah Gersen
Mind and Matter
A Life in Math and Football
by John Urschel
North Dallas Forty
by Peter Gent
That First Season
How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
by John Eisenberg
The Education of a Coach
by David Halberstam
The Game
Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968
by George Howe Colt
The Mannings
The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
by Lars Anderson
The New Thinking Man's Guide to Professional Football
by Paul Zimmerman
When Pride Still Mattered
A Life Of Vince Lombardi
by David Maraniss
When the Men Were Gone
A Novel
by Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Sources
- 1
10 Football Books You Must Read
nfl.com
- 2
Top 10 Football Books
rookieroad.com
- 3
10 Must-Read American Football Books - BOOKGLOW
bookglow.net
- 4
The 11 Football Books Any True Student of the Game Must Read | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
bleacherreport.com
- 5
20 Great Football Reads Even Non-Fans Will Love | The New York Public Library
nypl.org
