Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The NFL Encyclopedia by Beau Biffenburgh Beau Riffenburgh. Beau Riffenburgh (born 1955) is an author and historian specializing in polar exploration. He is also an award winning American Football coach and author of books on football history. Contents. Early career. A native of California, Riffenburgh was the Senior Writer and Director of Research for National Football League Properties in the eighties and early nineties. While there, he wrote or edited seven books, including the NFL's official encyclopedia. He served briefly as Editor-in-Chief for Total Sports Publishing. Polar research. Riffenburgh earned his doctorate degree at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. He has written or edited numerous books on polar exploration, including The Myth of the Explorer , an award-winning scholarly examination of the relationship of the popular press with exploration; Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition , the story of the 's , which almost attained both the South Pole and the South Magnetic Pole; and Racing with Death , the story of 's Antarctic expeditions. He was the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Antarctic , a two-volume work that is the most comprehensive reference work ever produced about the Antarctic. From 1992 to 2005, Riffenburgh served as the editor of Polar Record , the world's oldest journal of polar research. He has served as the head of the Polar History Group at the Scott Polar Research Institute and as a lecturer in the history faculty of the University of Cambridge. Coaching career. While at Cambridge he put his expertise in American football to use as the head coach of Cambridge's team in the British Collegiate American Football League. He was named National Coach of the Year twice in his five seasons (1991–1996). After Cambridge dropped their team, Riffenburgh spent one season as head coach of the University of Hertfordshire Hurricanes. The team went undefeated and won the National Championship during the 1997–1998 season, and he was again named National Coach of the Year. [1] Riffenburgh was the first head coach of the Great Britain Bulldogs, the national university American football team, which won the first two European Championships in 1994 and 1996. He was inducted into the BCAFL's Hall of Fame in 2000 as part of the Hall's founding class.[2] Partial bibliography. Books on exploration. Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (2006) Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition : The Voyage of the Nimrod (2005) Nimrod: Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition (2005) With Scott to the Pole: The Photographs of Herbert Ponting . (1998, with Elizabeth Cruwys) The Myth of the Explorer : The Press, Sensationalism, and Geographical Discovery (1994) Books on football. 20th Century Sports : Images of Greatness (1999, with Mike Meserole) The American Football Almanac (1992) NFL : Official History of Pro Football (1990) Great Ones: NFL Quarterbacks from Montana to Baugh (1989) Official NFL Encyclopedia (1986) Running Wild: A Pictorial Tribute to the NFL's Greatest runners (1984) External links. This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer) Mass of a Football (American) Textbooks and teachers often present information in a way that suggests that what they say is fact. In the case of the mass of a football, every source I found had the same numerical value for the mass of a football. According to the Oxford Companion to World Sports and Games , the official National Football League Encyclopedia , the NFL "make the right call" book and the football "fun facts"sheet the mass of a football must be between 14 and 15 ounces (0.40 to 0.43 kg) for it to be used in a NFL game. Football evolved from rugby which evolved from soccer. When the game of football (American) was established all that was official was the shape of the ball, it looked like "an elongated pumpkin"which was later called a prolate spheroid. In 1912 the weight of a football was established to be 14 to 15 ounces (0.40 to 0.43 kg) Before each professional football game all twenty-four balls (if the game is played in a domed stadium) or thirty-six balls (if the game is played in an open-air stadium) must be inspected by the referee. This is done by sight, making sure that each ball is a Wilson ball signed by the NFL commissioner. The ball size and shape are also tested by placing each ball in a mold which each referee has. For the most part football is the one sport I have never been able to understand. Beau Riffenburgh. Beau Riffenburgh is an imperial historian who specialises in the history of exploration, particularly that of the Antarctic, Arctic, and Africa. Born in Pasadena, California, he grew up in the vibrant and diverse cultural atmosphere of the city that is home to the annual Tournament of Roses parade and the Rose Bowl football game as well as to the California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Pasadena Playhouse arts venue, and the Norton Simon Museum of Art. After earning a first degree in psychology and a Master’s in journalism, he entered the world of professional sports, working in public relations for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team before joining NFL Properties, the marketing, licensing, and publishing branch of the National Football League. He spent eight years as NFLP’s senior writer and historian – and later served as editor-in-chief for Total Sports Publishing – writing or contributing to more than 15 books about sports. Beau Riffenburgh next to a bust of Sir Douglas Mawson in Adelaide, South Australia. In the late 1980s, Beau moved to England, where he earned a PhD at the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI). He served for 15 years as the Editor of Polar Record , the world’s oldest journal of polar research, and as head of SPRI’s Polar History Group, while also lecturing in the University’s History Faculty. He now lives in southwest Wales with his wife, Liz Cruwys (Susanna Gregory). Although he has written about the exploration of virtually every part of the globe, most of Beau’s recent research and publishing has specialised in polar exploration, including writing several critically acclaimed books. He was also editor of the award-winning, multi-volume Encyclopedia of the Antarctic . In conjunction with Liz, he has written numerous non-fiction works, plus 13 mystery novels under their pseudonym, Simon Beaufort. The most recent of these is Watchers of the Dead . He currently has two books in press: the edited and annotated diary of Antarctic explorer Archibald Lang McLean and, written with Angie Butler, Shackleton’s Critic , a biography of Eric Stewart Marshall, the chief surgeon on Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition. Beau’s books – which have been translated into 14 languages – include the following. Click on the title for more details. The Myth of the Explorer. A critically acclaimed study of how the British and American popular press created and perpetuated the image of explorers, establishing them as key international figures in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Nimrod. The thrilling tale of Ernest Shackleton’s first Antarctic expedition, on which he penetrated to the centre of the unknown Antarctic continent and then made a remarkable race against time to get back alive. Racing with Death. An insightful look at the career and expeditions of Sir Douglas Mawson, usually considered the greatest scientist–explorer of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration.’ Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. An international-award-winning, multi-volume source that is perhaps the most authoritative and comprehensive Antarctic reference work ever published. Aurora. The most in-depth study ever of Douglas Mawson’s remarkable Australasian Antarctic Expedition, including his solo journey that Sir Edmund Hillary described as ‘the greatest survival story in the history of exploration.’ Antarctic Photographic History. Two magnificently illustrated books featuring the photographs of H.G. Ponting. Scott Polar Research Institute Profiles. Brief, but richly illustrated, accounts of the career of Roald Amundsen, the expeditions of Douglas Mawson, and ’s . The Royal Geographical Society Exploration Experience. Filled with names that have made, and changed, the course of history, Exploration Experience takes one on a voyage of discovery. The Titanic Experience: the Legend of the Unsinkable Ship. This book provides a unique and compelling insight into Titanic by charting her life from the initial concept and the excitement of the first voyage to the dramatic collision and sinking, culminating with recent investigations and salvage missions. The Royal Geographical Society Polar Exploration. Through beautifully recreated facsimile items, Polar Exploration narrates the famous stories of Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott and Captain Oates, Roald Amundsen, Robert E. Peary, and those less well-known, to tell tales of bravery, sacrifice, triumph, poisonings, disappearances, false claims, near misses, and the first Antarctic wintering that drove men to madness. Titanic Remembered: 1912–2012. On 10 April 1912, Titanic began her first and final voyage. For more than 1500 people this would be the last time they would ever see land. Published to coincide with this centenary, Titanic Remembered tells the complete history of this magnificent ship, from its conception as the most luxurious vessel in seafaring history, to the tragedy of its sinking and its enduring legacy. The Men Who Mapped the World. From sticks and stones to satellite technology, cartography has travelled almost as far as man has in order to develop the maps we know and use today. The Men Who Mapped the World tells the story of the philosophers, travellers, artists, and scientists who brought together their skills and knowledge to produce some of the most intriguing documents in our history. Architecture & Sports. Books on travel and sports. Pinkerton’s Great Detective. The first-ever biography of James McParland, the legendary Pinkerton’s detective who took down the Molly Maguires, organized the hunt for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and masterminded the investigation into the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners for the assassination of the former Governor of Idaho. Biffenburgh Beau. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). The Official NFL Encyclopedia. Beau Biffenburgh. Published by Dutton Adult, 1986. Used - Hardcover Condition: VERY GOOD. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). The Official NFL Encyclopedia. Beau Biffenburgh. Published by Dutton Adult, 1986. Used - Hardcover Condition: VERY GOOD. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). The NFL Encyclopedia. Beau Biffenburgh; NFL Properties, Creative Services Division Staff. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1986. Used - Hardcover Condition: Good. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. The NFL Encyclopedia. Beau Biffenburgh; NFL Properties, Creative Services Division Staff. 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