The item you are bidding on is a RARE AND HISTORIC PIECE OF FOOTBALL HISTORY. WHAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE IS FOOTBALL LEGEND, GENIUS, AND HALL OF FAMER BILL WALSH'S ORIGINAL 1958 MASTERS THESIS PRESENTED WHILE HE WAS AT SAN JOSE ST. THE TITLE IS "FLANK FORMATION FOOTBALL - STRESS: DEFENSE" BY WILLIAM E WALSH. THE SOLIDLY BOUND PIECE HAS 232 PAGES WITH A 5-PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 129 DIAGRAMS AND FIGURES. PLEASE NOTE THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE DIAGRAMS, EVERY ONE HAS BILL WALSH'S ORIGINAL HAND-WRITTEN PLAY FORMATION NOTES. IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WERE 4 OR 5 OF THESE ORIGINAL COPIES. THREE WENT TO THE THESIS COMMITTEE, ONE TO WALSH, AND MAYBE ONE EXTRA? THE DOCUMENT IS REFERENCED IN WALSH'S WIKIPEDIA LISTING. WHAT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE IS THAT IT WOULD APPEAR, BASED ON THE TITLE, THAT THE DOCUMENT WAS FOCUSED STRICTLY ON DEFENSE. NOW THAT I HAVE IT IN HAND, I CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 GENERAL EXPLANATION (32 PAGES), SECTION 2 FLANK TYPE OFFENSE (58 PAGES), AND SECTION 3 DEFENSE (132 PAGES). EXAMINATION OF THE OFFENSE SECTION WILL SHOW THE PRECURSORS OF THE FAMED "WEST COAST OFFENSE" PASSING PLAYS. THE PLAYS ARE DESCRIBED IN TEXT WITH ACCOMPANYING DIAGRAM DRAWINGS. THIS OFFENSE, AND THE INCLUDED DEFENSIVE SCHEMES, PAVED THE WAY FOR WALSH'S EVENTUAL SUCCESS. YOU CAN VISIT WIKI FOR HIS FULL STORY BUT HERE ARE THE FACTS RELATED TO THIS DOCUMENT: WALSH GOT HIS BA FROM SAN JOSE ST IN 1955. HE COACHED AT THE HS LEVEL UNTIL BECOMING A GRADUATE ASSISTANT FOR SJ ST FOOTBALL COACH BOB BRONZAN (THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER) IN 1958 AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS IN 1959. WALSH HAD AN UP AND DOWN COACHING CAREER BEFORE FINALLY GETTING A CHANCE TO RUN THE SHOW WITH THE SF 49ERS IN 1979. IT TOOK HIM ALL OF 3 YEARS TO TURN A 2-14 TEAM INTO A SUPER BOWL CHAMPION (x3) BY IMPLEMENTING THE IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHIES HE PUT DOWN ON PAPER DECADES EARLIER. THIS IS REALLY A REMARKABLE CHANCE TO GET INSIDE THE ORIGINAL THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED MINDS IN FOOTBALL HISTORY. MANY CURRENT COACHES COULD BENEFIT FROM THE CONTENT IN THIS GOLDMINE. LIKELY A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A HISTORIC PIECE LIKE THIS. ONE LAST NOTE ABOUT THE PROPHETIC STATEMENT IN HIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT STATES "IT IS MY ULTIMATE GOAL TO BECOME AS VALUED AND RESPECTED IN THE COACHING PROFESSION AS THEY" IN REFERENCE TO THE COACHES THAT INSPIRED HIM; I THINK HE MEET HIS GOAL. Please email with any questions.