The Tyrone Football Story: A team, a community, and 100 years of defying the odds Volume I

The Tyrone Football Story follows the emergence of the Tyrone Area High School football team from its inception in 1921, 30 years after the sport had been banned as a school activity in the borough, through its rise to a statewide power in the 1940s and beyond. This book details the shifting fortunes of both the team and the community itself, examining the ways in which the two have mimicked each other both in times of celebration and tragedy. In the end, The Tyrone Football Story shows readers that the Golden Eagles are the strongest symbol of the community's greatest strength, which is the refusal to take no for an answer. Tyroners are hard-headed by nature. It's tough to tell a Tyroner what to do. It's even tougher to tell a Tyroner what he can't do. Read more