Football Fields and Battlefields: The Story of Eight Army Football Players and their Heroic Service | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
A01=Jeff Miller
A01=Miller Jeff
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Jeff Miller
Author_Miller Jeff
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBWS4
Category=WSD
Category=WSJS
COP=United States
Delivery_Pre-order
Format=BB
Format_Hardback
Language_English
NY
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch

Football Fields and Battlefields: The Story of Eight Army Football Players and their Heroic Service

Hardback | English

By (author): Jeff Miller Miller Jeff

The 2003 Army football team achieved futility in major college play that might never be equaled, losing all 13 of its games. The squad that took the field on a frigid December 2003 day in Philadelphia for the celebrated Army-Navy game featured only eight fourth-year seniors, just a slice of the fifty energetic freshmen- plebes in academy vernacular-who reported to West Point amid the heat and humidity of the summer of 2000, hoping to land spots on the football team.

For most of the fifty, West Point represented their best-or only-opportunity to play major college football. They were bypassed by the big-time football schools that award athletic scholarships, which aren't available at the nation's military academies. Making a five-year active-duty military commitment following graduation was a small price to pay during peacetime. But peacetime in America ended only days into their second year at the academy, on September 11, 2001.

Those eight seniors, like virtually all of their cadet peers, maintained their commitments to the US Army in the wake of 9/11. They worked their way up from West Point's JV football team as freshmen, earned positions on the Black Knights' varsity team as others left the program-voluntarily or otherwise-and walked to the center of the field for the coin toss before that final opportunity for victory, against the arch-rival Midshipmen.

The football field then gave way to the battlefield.

Most of the eight were deployed overseas, serving at least one tour in either Iraq or Afghanistan. One won the Bronze Star, another the Purple Heart. One qualified for an elite Rangers battalion, another for the 160th special operations aviation Night Stalkers.

They took on enemy fire. They grieved at the loss of brothers in arms. They hugged their loved ones tightly upon returning home.

There was no more talk of football losses. They were winners. See more
Current price €20.39
Original price €23.99
Save 15%
A01=Jeff MillerA01=Miller JeffAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Jeff MillerAuthor_Miller Jeffautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=HBWS4Category=WSDCategory=WSJSCOP=United StatesDelivery_Pre-orderFormat=BBFormat_HardbackLanguage_EnglishNYPA=Temporarily unavailablePrice_€20 to €50PS=Activesoftlaunch

Will deliver when available.

Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Weight: 506g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Oct 2018
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781510730410

About Jeff MillerMiller Jeff

Jeff Miller has been a sports journalist for more than forty years. He has worked for the Dallas Morning News CBSSports.com and ESPN.com. Miller is the author of six books including The Game Changers which detailed the racial integration of major college football in Texas. He lives with his wife Frances in DeSoto Texas. They have four children and one grandchild.

Customer Reviews

No reviews yet
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept