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Title:
From the gridiron to the battlefield : Minnesota's march to a college football title and into World War II / Danny Spewak.
ISBN:
9781538157626
Personal Author:
Spewak, Danny, 1991-
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
Physical Description:
xxii, 301 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Summary:
"This book tells the story of the University of Minnesota's remarkable 1941 football season as they chased a second consecutive national championship even as a divided country veered closer to total war, and chronicles the young players' contributions to the war effort in the months and years that followed"-- Provided by publisher.
Corporate Subject:
University of Minnesota -- Football -- History -- 20th century.

Minnesota Golden Gophers (Football team) -- History -- 20th century.

Mnísota Wóuŋspe Wakántuya.
Subject Term:
World War, 1939-1945

Football and war--United States.
OCLC Number:
on1243906232
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