of the series. One of the things I found interesting going back and reading a few of the books a few years ago was the depiction of college football. For books written in the 50s and 60s, Clair Bee details athlete only dorms, boosters, paying players, and other aspects of the underbelly of the sport which some like to think of as a modern development but have always been swirling the sport.

It was also a favorite of mine.

were the ones that I read.

They belonged to my Uncle Leo. I had to wash my hands, handle every book with care, and could not take them home. He had many good books, Sci-Fi and other genres. I had hoped to inherit them. No one in the local family was that lucky.

Edit last sentence for grammer.

My brothers loved them, so I had to check them out along with the Hardy Boys mysteries (and the Nancy Drew books, of course). Chip was unstoppable!

Great athlete and the all American boy!

Clair Bee’s kids tried cashing in by re-releasing the books with “modern updates” which mostly means they changed a lot of names to Cody, Zach & Brandon