Excellent read

reggiebrooks4life · Post by **reggiebrooks4life** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:01 pm

Hey guys, just finished reading Hail Victory, an oral history of the washington redskins by thomas loverro. Its a great read if you need your redskins history fix. are there any other books that anyone can suggest (historical or autobiographical)? i have also read mark may's book. Thanks!

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:23 pm

The Redskins Encyclopedia by Michael Richman. It details the team's history year by year. I especially liked learning about the 30's and 40's.

Kentucky Fried Hog · Post by **Kentucky Fried Hog** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:11 pm

Jake wrote:The Redskins Encyclopedia by Michael Richman. It details the team's history year by year. I especially liked learning about the 30's and 40's.

I got that one for Christmas this past year, good stuff there.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:56 pm

Try this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sp ... ok/toc.htm

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:42 pm

Something interesting I found while reading the Redskins Encyclopedia; Sean Taylor isn't the first Redskins in-season death the franchise has suffered.

Here is the excerpt from the book:

From the 1954 season:

The situation worsened. After beating the Steelers, 17-14, the Redskins lost to the Cardinals, Eagles, and Browns, to fall to 2-9. To compound their problems, 26-year old tackle David Sparks suffered a heart attack a few hours after the second loss to Cleveland and dropped dead. The Redskins organization was stunned and dedicated the season finale to Sparks.

I had never heard of this before, which is one reason I wanted the book, so I could learn new things about this franchise. I'm sure at the time, the fans and players were just as devastated about David as we were in November about Sean.