Hank Gola
Author
Language
English
Description
On Christmas night, 1939, two vastly different teams from Garfield, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida collided in the historic Orange Bowl to decide the National Sports Foundation's national championship. Garfield's Boilermakers were children of immigrants drawn to the industrial city's churning factories. Miami's Stingarees were from families from all over the country settling in one of America's most promising and thriving cities.
In City of Champions,...
Author
Publisher
Tatra Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
" Gripping account of the long-forgotten 1939 national high school football championship between Garfield, NJ and Miami--and the stories of the players, families, coaches and cities that figured in this contest."--Provided by publisher.