Dyed in Crimson: Football, Faith, and Remaking Harvard's America

by Zev Eleff

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In 1926, Harvard athletic director Bill Bingham chose former Crimson All-American Arnold Horween as coach of the university's moribund football team. The pair instilled a fresh culture, one based on merit rather than social status, and in the virtues of honor and courage over mere winning. Yet their success challenged entrenched ideas about who belonged at Harvard and, by extension, who deserved to lay claim to the American dream. Zev Eleff tells...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252087097

ISBN13:9780252087097

Release Date:February 2023

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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