{ "item_title" : "Only HARDCORE Washington Commanders Fans Know These 200 Things", "item_author" : [" D. T. Gapper "], "item_description" : "You already know Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls with three different starting quarterbacks. You know Sammy Baugh, John Riggins, Doug Williams, Darrell Green. You can name the Hogs. But do you know that George Preston Marshall blocked the Dallas Cowboys from joining the NFL until Texas oilman Clint Murchison bought the rights to Hail to the Redskins and blackmailed him into supporting the franchise? Or that Sammy Baugh's career punting average of 51.4 yards still leads the NFL nine decades later?This book contains 200 facts about the Washington Commanders that go far beyond the highlight reels and Wikipedia summaries. Organized into twelve chapters spanning 1932 to present, it covers every era and every name the franchise has worn: Boston Braves, Boston Redskins, Washington Redskins, Washington Football Team, and Washington Commanders.Unlike quiz-format trivia books that give you a question and a one-line answer, every fact here gets a full storytelling paragraph with sourced details, context, and the kind of backstory that makes you say, Wait, seriously? Roughly ninety percent of these 200 facts are deep cuts that even diehard fans tend to miss.What you will find inside: NINE DECADES OF FRANCHISE HISTORY: From George Preston Marshall's 1932 Boston franchise purchase through the 1962 federally-forced integration to Jayden Daniels's 2024 NFC Championship Game appearance under first-year coach Dan Quinn, this book tracks the full nine-decade arc with facts from every era.THE GIBBS-ERA DEEP CUTS: The Lawrence, Kansas farm visit that brought John Riggins back from his 1980 holdout, the 1981 NFL Draft that produced three Hogs in one weekend, Doug Williams's four touchdowns in a single Super Bowl quarter, and Bobby Beathard's surfing-GM strategy of trading first-round picks for multiple later picks.CHARACTERS YOU WON'T FORGET: Sammy Baugh leading the NFL in passing, punting, and defensive interceptions in 1943, Cliff Battles walking away from football because Marshall refused to pay him $4,000, Mark Moseley becoming the only kicker ever to win NFL MVP, and Sean Taylor's posthumous Pro Bowl election after his 2007 murder.STORIES, NOT FLASH CARDS: Each of the 200 facts is a self-contained mini-story with a bold declarative heading and a 150-180 word explanatory paragraph, sourced from team archives, sportswriters, biographies, and league records so you can dig deeper on anything that grabs you.BUILT FOR HARDCORE FANS: This is not a beginner's guide to football or a primer on what a first down is. It assumes you already know Washington and rewards that knowledge with the kind of details that settle parking-lot arguments and start new ones that last until the fourth quarter.The twelve chapters cover founding and early history, owners and front office, coaches and coaching staff, legendary players on offense, legendary players on defense, drafts and trades, championships and near-misses, rivalries and memorable games, records and statistical oddities, stadiums and facilities, uniforms and branding, and cultural impact and off-field stories.200 facts. 40+ sources. Every era. Every name the franchise has worn. The stuff only hardcore fans know.Scroll up and grab your copy.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/352/9798183522426_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.99", "online_price" : "17.99", "our_price" : "17.99", "club_price" : "17.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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