The Birth of American Football: From the first college game in 1869 to the last Super Bowl Paperback -

Brian Kelly retired as an Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) Program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i and Midrange Systems Technical Advisor to the IT Faculty. Kelly designed, developed, and taught many college and professional courses. He continues as a contributing technical editor to a number of technical industry magazines, including "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru," published by IT Jungle. Kelly is a former IBM Senior Systems Engineer. His specialty was problem solving for customers as well as implementing advanced operating systems and software on his client's machines. Brian is the author of 132 books and hundreds of magazine articles. He has been a frequent speaker at technical conferences throughout the United States. Brian was a candidate for the US Congress from Pennsylvania in 2010 and he ran for Mayor in his home town in 2015. This is his 133rd book overall and his twenty-fourth about football. Kelly enjoyed playing street football every day in the fall on High Street; sandlot football at Julie's Homestead; and he says those Sunday tackle football games without helmets, though dangerous, were lots of fun. Brian also loves high school, college, and professional football and has been a fan all his life.