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Third Down and a War to Go by Terry Frei

On December 11, 1941, All-American football player Dave Schreiner wrote to his parents, I'm not going to sit here snug as a bug, playing football, when others are giving their lives for their country. . . . If everyone tried to stay out of it, what a fine country we'd have Schreiner didn't stay out of it. Neither did his Wisconsin Badger teammates, including friend and cocaptain Mark Had Hoskins and standouts Crazylegs Hirsch and Pat Harder. After that legendary 1942 season, the Badgers scattered to serve, fight, and even die around the world.
This fully revised edition of the popular hardcover includes follow-up research and updates about many of the '42 Badgers, plus a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Maraniss. Readers and reviewers agree: Terry Frei's heart-wrenching story of Schreiner and his band of brothers is much more than one team's tale. It's an All-American story.

On December 11, 1941, All-American football player Dave Schreiner wrote to his parents, I'm not going to sit here snug as a bug, playing football, when others are giving their lives for their country. . . . If everyone tried to stay out of it, what a fine country we'd have Schreiner didn't stay out of it. Neither did his Wisconsin Badger teammates, including friend and cocaptain Mark Had Hoskins and standouts Crazylegs Hirsch and Pat Harder. After that legendary 1942 season, the Badgers scattered to serve, fight, and even die around the world.
This fully revised edition of the popular hardcover includes follow-up research and updates about many of the '42 Badgers, plus a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Maraniss. Readers and reviewers agree: Terry Frei's heart-wrenching story of Schreiner and his band of brothers is much more than one team's tale. It's an All-American story.

Terry Frei is a sports columnist for The Denver Post who covers the NHL and college football. In addition to his popular books on sports and society he has published a novel, The Witch's Season. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
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ISBN 13 9780870203848
ISBN 10 0870203843
Title Third Down and a War to Go
Author Terry Frei
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Year published 2007-07-16
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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