RivalryFootball.com will be featuring several articles about football books in the coming months. We work closely with The American Football Booklist (AFB) organization for reference material and ideas. The purpose of the AFB is to acquire, preserve and interpret books for a collection on the subject of football.

The collection started with a commitment of a donation of 500 books on the subject of American Football. Book sources, such as the Library of Congress and leading bookstores confirm that there are over 8500 titles that have been published with the keyword "football" in the title. We believe at Rivalryfootball.com that there are also several hundred other books about football where the word is not mentioned in the title. The AFB has a master list of all-time football books that continues to grow month to month and then a collection of books they add to on a regular bases. All books on the subject of American Football will be targeted for the AFB collection.

At such time when the collection has grown to a substantial number, the AFB will accept applications to find a permanent library, preferably at a university or sports museum. The AFB wants the public, students, teachers, sportswriters, researches, football writers, historians and football coaches to have full access to the collection.

Vintage Years (pre-1950)

How to Start an Antiquarian Football Book Collection