Title

America And The Garrison Stadium: How The Us Armed Forces Shaped College Football

Keywords

Conscription; Draft; Football; Military; Sport

Abstract

American military institutions importantly shaped the popular sport of college football. From support at its two oldest service academies, interest in football spread through military units across the country with military actors involved in the formation of the country's first collegiate athletic conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Subsequently, the US military functioned as an agent of authoritative diffusion, fostering interest in college football after the First World War. Furthermore, military institutions, including the draft, affected not only which team would be most successful during the Second World War but also how civilians would play the game. These effects call to mind Charles Tilly's work on state formation and security-driven resource extraction as well as Harold Lass-well's garrison state idea. © The Author(s) 2012.

Publication Date

7-1-2012

Publication Title

Armed Forces and Society

Volume

38

Issue

3

Number of Pages

353-372

Document Type

Note

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X11426255

Socpus ID

84862224413 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84862224413

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