Hail Victory : An Oral History of the Washington Redskins

The stories behind the success of one of the NFL' s most popular teams Built on the firsthand accounts of the players and coaches who made the Redskins great- Joe Theismann, Larry Brown, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and numerous others- Thom Loverro takes fans on a tour of the team' s glorious past. From their origins in Boston through the Silver Era of the ' 30s and early ' 40s, from the reign of Lombardi and Allen and the Golden Era when Gibbs first walked the sidelines, until today, when Gibbs has returned to take them to the playoffs. Fans will relive the excitement with those who were there. Thom Loverro (Columbia, MD) is the sports columnist for the Washington Times. His feature articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sport magazine, Washingtonian, Columbia Journalism Review, and American Journalism Review.