Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia from Colts to Ravens

by Ted Patterson, Dean Smith, Edwin H. Remsberg (Photographer), Michael Gibbons (Foreword by), Raymond Berry (Foreword by)

Overview

Baltimore's remarkable football traditions—from the Colts to the Ravens—expressed in sports memorabilia.

The second edition of Ted Patterson’s illustrated history of football in Baltimore continues the story of the Ravens' success—from their first Super Bowl victory in 2001 to the emotional parade through downtown Baltimore after winning Super Bowl XLVII. Patterson is joined by Baltimore poet and sports aficionado Dean Smith, whose new chapters capture the energy of Purple Fridays, the larger-than-life personalities of Ray Lewis, Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden, Jamal Lewis, Matt Stover, Ed Reed, and Joe Flacco, and the city's embrace of the Ravens as a reflection of Baltimore itself.

Football in Baltimore is a tour of one of the world's premier collections of Baltimore sports memorabilia—highlighting memorable games and players and exploring a pop culture that surrounded and has survived them. Patterson moved to Baltimore in what turned out to be the final decade of the Baltimore Colts and has amassed a remarkable collection of items that both collectors and sports fans will enjoy.

Patterson introduces us to the teams and early stars of Johns Hopkins and Morgan State; Army-Navy games in old Municipal Stadium; high-school rivalries like City-Poly, Loyola–Calvert Hall, Gilman-McDonogh, and the great years of Patterson High; the original Colts (colors silver and green); and, at considerable length, the legendary Baltimore Colts of Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Raymond Berry, Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Artie Donovan, Bert Jones, and Lydell Mitchell. He includes the next chapters in this eventful story: the fight to bring pro football back to the city, the dawn of the Ravens era, and the building of a new football stadium in downtown Baltimore.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421412368
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/06/2013
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ted Patterson is a broadcast journalist who has covered the local sports scene since 1973. He was sports director at WBAL radio for six years before joining WMAR television as weekend anchor and later as sports director. As sports director at WPOC radio, he handled morning sports and began the popular "Sports Book" segment. In recent years, Patterson has done Orioles and Ravens reports on WCBM and has hosted the station's Monday night talk show from McCafferty's restaurant in Mt. Washington. He was the voice of Navy football for fourteen years and of the David Robinson-led Navy basketballers, has announced for Morgan State football, and did play-by-play for two Orioles seasons on Super-TV. Since the Ravens came to Baltimore, he has served as ESPN's game-day broadcaster. Patterson has been honored three times as Maryland Sportscaster of the Year, numerous times by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and in 1979 with the prestigious Eclipse Award for his coverage of thoroughbred racing in Maryland. His other books include Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic and Day by Day in Baltimore Orioles History.

Edwin Harlan Remsberg is a photographer who lives in Fallston, Maryland. His photographs appear in Maryland's Vanishing Lives, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Michael Gibbons
Foreword by Raymond Berry
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Early Years
2. Here Come the Colts
3. Back to Stay
4. The Sixties: The Bridesmaid Decade
5. The Decline and Fall
6. The Long, Hard Journey Back
7. A Ravens Renaissance, by Dean Smith
8. The Second Coming, by Dean Smith
Sources
Index

What People are Saying About This

from the foreword by Michael Gibbons

"Ted Patterson’s meticulously researched Football in Baltimore, now featuring Dean Smith’s championship update, perfectly captures the magical tour-de-force of Baltimore football, as played and celebrated along the shores of Chesapeake."

from the Foreword by Michael Gibbons

Ted Patterson’s meticulously researched Football in Baltimore, now featuring Dean Smith’s more-than-able championship update, perfectly captures the magical tour-de-force of Baltimore football, as played and celebrated along the shores of Chesapeake.

From the Publisher

Ted Patterson’s meticulously researched Football in Baltimore, now featuring Dean Smith’s championship update, perfectly captures the magical tour-de-force of Baltimore football, as played and celebrated along the shores of Chesapeake.
—from the foreword by Michael Gibbons, executive director, Sports Legends Museum

Editorial Reviews

The text of Football in Baltimore is lively, sportswriter recall plus interviews; strong on names and scores.
—James Bready, Baltimore Sun

From the Publisher

The text of Football in Baltimore is lively, sportswriter recall plus interviews; strong on names and scores.

Baltimore Sun - James Bready