War football: World War I and the birth of the NFL

Prologue : "war football"

George Halas sees his future

Walter Camp's vision

Cupid takes aim at the Northeast

A true all-American at Camp Custer

Camp Sherman's march through Ohio

Beckett's Marines conquer the West

Selling war football

Brickley kicks for Uncle Sam

Jock Sutherland's fighting dentists head South

Frank Pollard, Omar Bradley, and race in war football

Coach Ike

The Cleveland Navy battles Pop Warner

George Halas and the 1919 Rose Bowl

How football helped win the war

The AEF tournament

Peace and college football's golden age

War football and the birth of the NFL

Epilogue

Appendix I: War football players

Appendix II: All-service teams, 1917-1919

Appendix III: War football records.