ALS signed “Pop,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 22, 1932. Letter to a fellow football coach. In part: “Your letter, discussing the results of your spring practice, experiments, and your study and thoughts was very interesting…you are too darned scientific and if you attempted to teach your team or your quarterbacks such complicated lines of thought and generalship you are liable to get them all befuddled. You go into this game a great deal further than I believe is practical. I have never believed in using certain plays to set up other plays…We have found that the wide plays and greater deception enable us to tear off much better gains through the line. I am using this formation [play diagram]…There are plenty of other good plays from the formation but we have to fight all the time the temptation to give our teams too many plays…You are the only one I have given these new plays to, and I trust you to tell no one of them.” Intersecting folds and small areas of toned adhesive remnants to edges, otherwise fine condition. Fascinating content from the football innovator that contradicts the commonly accepted strategies of today, which are characterized by complex playbooks and extremely thorough statistical analysis. Pre-certified Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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