Football players
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_618
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 100 All-America Football Conference regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs. This collection excludes post-season playoff game programs and all-star game programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, data about the participating teams, and advertisements.Formats include...
Dates:
1946-1949
American Football League (AFL) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_615
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 400 American Football League regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs. This collection excludes post-season playoff game programs and all-star game programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, data about the participating teams, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more...
Dates:
1960-1969
College Football Annual Publications - Magazine Format Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_199
Scope and Contents
This collection contains annual publications in magazine format devoted primarily to college football. The magazines mostly cover major college football teams and conferences in the United States. Some magazines also provide information about football teams and leagues at other levels. The magazines published prior to the season—or sometimes during the season—generally included reviews of the previous year’s season; team and players statistics; and previews of the upcoming—or...
Dates:
1946-2001
Pre-1940 College Football Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBC_610
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 2,400 college football game programs dating from the nineteenth century until 1939. The collection emphasizes prominent major college football teams, but hundreds of different four-year colleges from all parts of the United States are represented. Holdings for schools from the West are particularly strong. Most of the programs are from after 1921 with fewer than 100 programs for games from 1920 or before. The programs typically contain pictures, articles,...
Dates:
1874-1939
Pre-1970 National Football League (NFL) Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_610
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 1,750 National Football League regular season and pre-season exhibition game programs dating from the 1920s until 1969. This collection excludes post-season games and all-star games. Most of the programs are from after 1940 with only about 75 programs for games from before 1940. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team...
Dates:
1926-1969
Professional Football Leagues (NFL and AFL) All-Star Games Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_625
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 40 professional football all-star game programs. Leagues represented include the National Football League (NFL, 1922-) and the American Football League (AFL, 1960-1969). The collection includes mostly NFL Pro-Bowl programs with a small number of AFL All-Star game programs. The programs typically contain photographs, statistics, and rosters of the players on the All-Star teams. Many programs also contain articles about the history of the All-Star game,...
Dates:
1951-1991
Professional Football Playoff and Championship Game Programs Collection
Collection
Identifier: FBP_620
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of about 75 professional football playoff and championship game programs. Leagues represented include the National Football League (NFL, 1922-); the All-America Football Conference (AAFC, 1946-1949); and the American Football League (AFL, 1960-1969). The collection includes 41 Super Bowl programs. Inscribed signatures are present as noted. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams playing in the game. Some...
Dates:
1948-2013
Roger Ellis Professional Football Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10103
Scope and Contents
Papers related to the professional football career of Roger Ellis. Materials include original contracts from the American Football League, the National Football League, and the Canadian Football League; correspondence and ephemera from his playing days from several teams including the New York Giants, New York Titans, New York Jets, the Oakland Area Football Club, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Montreal Alouette. The correspondence documents the daily life of a professional football...
Dates:
1957-2008; Majority of material found within 1957-1964
San Francisco Bay Area Football Scrapbooks Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_1010
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 51 scrapbooks, most measuring 10.5 x 15 inches, covering primarily college and professional football in the San Francisco Bay area. The scrapbooks were compiled by an unknown person and contain clippings dating from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Sources include San Francisco and Oakland newspapers, as well as other newspapers and magazines. Clippings include game reports, new stories, images, cartoons, advertisements, and other content. Scrapbooks 1 to 10 are...
Dates:
1945-1953