Mavericks, Money and Men, Charles K Ross
The AFL changed football in many ways but perhaps one of the most important was in the role of black players.
Collision of Wills, Jack Gilden
It would benefit from a tighter focus but this book on the tension between Don Shula and Johnny Unitas contains plenty of good anecdotes.
America’s Game, Michael MacCambridge
If Michael MacCambridge’s history of the NFL isn’t the greatest football book ever written, then there are few better.
Out of Their League, Dave Meggyesy
A blistering assault on football and its institutions that exposed racism, drug-taking, orgies and corruption.
Johnny U, Tom Callahan
The first biography of legendary Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas.
