Dobyns-Bennett Football The Sprankle Years 1921-1934

Dave Hoover

This study traces the development of the football program at Kingsport High School (as of 1926 Dobyns-Bennett High School) from 1921 to 1934 and analyzes the condition which had a bearing upon American sports in general at that time and upon the Kingsport High School football program in particular. It examines the role of sports in cultural history and reasons for the tremendous popularty of athletics in America during the 1920s. Data drawn from primary sources, written and oral, as well as secondary materials document the relationship between sports and community.

Published 1987 / 55 pages / 7" x 10" ISBN: 0-932807-26-7

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