Peahead! [electronic resource] : The Life and Times of a Southern-Fried Coach / Tucker Mitchell, Katherine Barnette.
There's never been a coach quite like Peahead Walker. While leading three different college football teams and one Canadian pro team from 1927-1958, Walker cut a wide and woolly path through one of the most interesting times in American football. He was part coach and part comedian; a brilliant sideline manager who lifted underdog Wake Forest to national prominence; and a gifted banquet speaker who left audiences rolling in the aisles across the Southeast.
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- ISBN: 9781618460257
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.)
- Publisher: Winston Salem, NC : Library Partners Press, 2016.
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There's never been a coach quite like Peahead Walker. While leading three different college football teams and one Canadian pro team from 1927-1958, Walker cut a wide and woolly path through one of the most interesting times in American football. He was part coach and part comedian; a brilliant sideline manager who lifted underdog Wake Forest to national prominence; and a gifted banquet speaker who left audiences rolling in the aisles across the Southeast.
