Football's Record Breakers

by Hans Hetrick

Overview

Peyton Manning's pursuit of Brett Favre's record for career passing yards fascinated football fans, as did Tom Brady's effort to surpass Manning's mark for touchdowns thrown in a single season. Get more of those stories and other tales of pro football's greatest records and the players who have held, chased, and broken them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515737650
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	Record Breakers
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	544,330
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	980L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 14 Years

About the Author

Hans Hetrick lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of "Play Baseball Like a Pro: Key Skills and Tips", "Hydroplanes", "Sport Bikes", and many other children's books. He is a published poet and writes about sports and music for The Sports Banks.net and Chicago Now. Hans is a proud member of the Chicago Hounds, which is part of the Chicago Metropolitan Baseball Association.

Table of Contents

The to Leader 4

Whom Bam Cam 6

Super Kurt 8

The 2,000-Yard Club 10

Best of the Bucks 12

The Comeback 14

The Ice Bowl 16

The Perfect Season 18

Football's Iron Man 20

Dempsey's Mighty Boot 22

Peyton's Swan Song 24

The Sack Kings 26

The Lowly Kicker? 28

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

Combines the fun of records, stats, and sports storytelling; fast-paced text; highly visual approach with facts, trivia, and short biographical sketches; high-impact photography from Sports Illustrated