Football

 
     

General Resources

  Baldwin, Robert.
College Football Records: Division I-A And The Ivy League, 1869-1984.
  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1987. 
  Location: General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV950 .B35 1987
 
 
College Football Historical Society Newsletter
   
  Location: ONLINE
  Call Number: http://www.aafla.org/5va/cfhsn_frmst.htm
 
 
 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
  New York: ESPN, 2005.
  Location:  Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV956.8 .E86 2005
 
 
ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia  
  New York: Sterling, 2006.  
  Location:  Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV955.N35 E76 2006
 
 
Football Studies
   
  Location: ONLINE
  Call Number: http://www.aafla.org/5va/footballstudies_frmst.htm
 
  Mehno, John.
The Best Book of Football Facts.
  Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2004.
  Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV950.5 .M44 2004
  Includes biographical information on players and team histories and chronologies.
  National Football League
Official...National Football League Record & Fact Book.
  New York: Workman Pub., 1984-.
  Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV955 .N3346 (have 1992)
 
  Neft, David S., Richard M. Cohen, and Richard Korch, eds.
The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football from 1892 to the Present.
  2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
  Location: General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV954 .N44 1994
  A statistical encyclopedia of professional football teams, individual players, and leagues from 1920 to 1993 that also includes some descriptive and summary information on significant games and events.
  Ours, Robert.
College Football Encyclopedia: The Authoritative Guide to 124 Years of College Football. 
  Rocklin, Calif.: Prima Pub., 1994.
  Location: General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV956.8 .O87 1994
  This encyclopedia includes the records and highlights of 87 college teams, arranged according to conference affiliation,  covering all teams from the Atlantic Coast, Big Eight, Big East, Big 10, Pacific 10, Southeastern, Southwest, and Western Athletic Conferences.
  Smith, Myron J., Jr.
Professional Football: The Official Pro Football Hall of Fame Bibliography. 
  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
  Location: Firestone Library
  Call Number: Z7514.F7 S64 1993
 

More Resources

Periodicals

College Football Hall of Fame

National Football League

Football Outsiders

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Professional Football Researchers Association

Statistics

  Bender, Terry C. and Lawrence W. Stiles, eds.
 

Major College Football Record of Scores, 1869-1984.

  Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Dorrance, 1983.
  Location: General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV950 .B47 1983
 
 
   Football Statisticians' Manual.
   Shawnee Mission, Kans.: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1979-
  Location:   General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number:  GV956.8 .N3
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  Quirk, James P.
  The Ultimate Guide to College Football: rankings, records, and scores of the major teams and conferences.
  Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
  Location: Social Science Reference Center (SSRC)
  Call Number: GV956.8.Q85 Q85 2004
 
More Statistics

Football Salaries Database

NFL Statistics - Yahoo!Sports

Pro-Football-Reference.com

Biographies

  Harrington, Denis J.
  The Pro Football Hall of Fame: Players, Coaches, Team Owners, and League Officials, 1963-1991. 
  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1991.
  Location: Firestone Library
  Call Number: GV959.5.U6 H37 1991
 

 

  Porter, David L.
  Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Football. 
  New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
  Location:  General/Humanities Reference Collection, Trustees Reading Room (DR)
  Call Number: GV939.A1 B56 1987
 

This dictionary contains over 500 biographical entries of outstanding professional and college football players, coaches, executives and administrators, and announcers. Most entries are accompanied by a short bibliography. Supplements for 1989-1992 and 1992-1995 can be found on the Biographies page.

More Biographical Resources

For biographies of individuals, search the Main Catalog using the Subject Headings: Football players- United States -Biography.