# Good book about history of American football
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-book-about-history-of-american-football/616304
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-book-about-history-of-american-football/616304 "2012-03-20T13:04:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-book-about-history-of-american-football/616304/1 "2012-03-20T13:04:15Z")
Can anyone recommend one? Not interested so much in the competition, as in who won the championships or a rundown of the great teams/seasons and so forth. More interested in how the game itself - as in the rules, equipment, culture - and its promotion and popularity have changed, and why and how.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-book-about-history-of-american-football/616304/2 "2012-03-20T13:22:40Z")
It doesn’t quite cover all of those bases but [How Football Explains America](http://www.amazon.com/How-Football-Explains-America-Paolantonio/dp/1600780466) and [America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation](http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Game-Football-Captured-Nation/dp/0375504540) would be good places to start.