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Pillars of the NFL

We published the book Pillars of the NFL: Coaches Who Have Won Three or More Championships and at the same time re-introduced NFL fans to Guy Chamberlin, the University of Nebraska star who went on to greatness as an NFL Player-Coach and quietly left football after a spectacular pro career in the 1920s.  The Chamberlin chapter in the book is one of the few places readers can find a good biography of the great star. Chamberlin was a player-coach who won four NFL Championships for three different teams. 

Why is he not considered by many contemporary writers as one of the greatest coaches of the NFL?  It simple, all three of Chamberlin's teams disappeared. The Canton Bulldogs (Champions in 1922 and 1923), the Cleveland  Bulldogs (Champions in 1924), and the Frankford Yellow Jackets (Champions in 1926) have long since disappeared. Without an existing NFL franchise to remember and relay Chamberlin's accomplishments, he does not get a lot of press.

Of course, the University of Nebraska has not forgotten Chamberlin who was among the best players in University history.  Their Chamberlin Trophy, inaugurated in 1967, is presented to the Senior player who has shown by his play and contributions to the betterment of the University of Nebraska football program that he has the qualifications and dedication of Guy Chamberlin to the University.

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Sports and Faith Book 2

The author of Pillars of the NFL: Coaches Who Have Won Three or More Championships, Patrick McCaskey, has also included Chamberlin in  his latest book, Sports and Faith (Book 2): More Stories of the Devoted and the Devout.  

Chamberlin eBook

Now there are three Sporting Chance Press products where you can get the Stars football history. 

Pillars of the NFL: Coaches Who Have Won Three or More Championships, Sports and Faith (Book 2): More Stories of the Devoted and the Devout, and our Kindle ebook, Guy Chamberlin: Greatest Coaches of the NFL.

Guy Chamberlin Gets New Home Town Recognition with Monument in His Honor

Pillars of the NFL Includes Coverage of Guy Chamberlin's Career

Guy Chamberlin won his NFL championships in the 1920s and he also was a player-coach for championship teams that no longer exist: The Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Bulldogs, and the Frankford Yellow Jackets.  He has a fan base in Nebraska where the University of Nebraska Chamberlin Award has been given out each year since his death, but his NFL reputation has grown somewhat dim over the years because he had no NFL base like coaches whose teams have carried on to this day.  He is one of the ten coaches whose football lives we examine in our new book, Pillars of the NFL: Coaches Who Have Won Three or More Championships. 

Recent efforts to recognize or at least renew his recognition as one of the NFL's greatest coaches have been building.  The University of Nebraska has been recognizing great players with the annual Chamberlin Award since the great man's death. The award is presented to the senior player who has shown by the play and contributions to the team that he has the qualities and dedication of Guy Chamberlin to the Cornhusker tradition.  Folks back home at the Gage County Historical Society, the Wymore Library,  and now his home town, Blue Springs have worked to see Chamberlin recognized and remembered.  A monument in Chamberlin's honor was recently constructed and placed on ground near where the High School that Chamberlin attended once existed.