The Autumn Warrior: Murray Warmath's 65 Years in American Football

The Autumn Warrior: Murray Warmath's 65 Years in American Football by Wilkinson, Mike. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780808752622.

Dust jacket notes: "Since the late 1920s, football has been at the center of Murray Warmaths life. Starting as a high school player in Humboldt, Tenn., he became involved with a game that took him to the top as both a coach and a player. The Autumn Warrior: Murray Warmaths 65 Years in American Football is an in-depth look at his years as a player at the University of Tennessee under famed coach Robert Neyland, then as an assistant to Neyland, Mississippi States Allyn McKeen and Armys Earl Red Blaik, and finally, as head coach at Mississippi State and Minnesota. The Autumn Warrior chronicles each game in which he served as head coach. With emphasis on the Minnesota years and two Rose Bowls and 1960 national championship, Warmath discusses the great players he coached such as Bob Suffridge, Jackie Parker, Bob McNamara, Bobby Cox, Dick Larson, Tom Brown, Sandy Stephens, Bobby Bell, Carl Eller and Bob Stein. Personal reflections on Warmath are given by former players and assistant coaches. The book tells how this man of character and courage rose above the hard times to forge one of the greatest eras in Golden Gopher gridiron history. The Autumn Warrior is not only a look at one man, it is a look at an important part of American football history."