Foot Ball for player and spectator by Fielding H. Yost 1905 (Very Fine)

Ann Arbor: University Publishing Company, 1905. First Edition. Very fine copy of this key early work on football strategy and technique, a centerpiece for any collection of Michigan Wolverines memorabilia. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates and text illustrations of early University of Michigan football teams in action. Fielding Yost (1871-1946) was an inaugural member of the Football Hall of Fame in 1951; he is generally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of modern football, having invented the position of linebacker, developed the concept of coaching as a profession, and organized the first ever "bowl" game (the 1902 Rose Bowl, in which Yost's Wolverines beat the Stanford Cardinal, 49-0). Octavo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Very fine copy. Any Questions: 917 838-9261 Looks like it was just bought at Barnes & Noble and is a first edition 114 years old.