MICHIGAN—Football at Ann Arbor University, 1960

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale football, 1954.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Gear at New York Giants headquarters, Jan. 25, 2008

CHICAGO—Football practice on the side of the road at Martin Luther King High School, 1998. Their football field is scheduled for completion in 2000

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale football, 1954.

SOUTH CAROLINA—A football team, 1963.

BOSTON—The team mascot and a player at English High School, 1974.

ARIZONA—The marching band of Marcos de Niza High School plays before and during the interval in a college football game, 1979.

UNITED STATES—A high-school football team and cheerleaders, 1955

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A Michigan vs. Northwestern football game, Oct. 15, 1960

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale football, 1954.

IRAQ—American soldiers play football, April 8, 2003.

PHILADELPHIA—West Point cadets watching Navy score at the Army-Navy football game, 1976

CHICAGO—Watching a Dunbar vs. Phillips high-school football game, 1946

CHICAGO—High-school football players, 1946

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale football, 1954

UNITED STATES—USC All-American Jon Arnett during a game between USC and Washington, D.C., 1955

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale football, 1954

SEATTLE—The head cheerleader and the football captain embrace after a game. Their team had just won a game for the first time in three years, 1955.

NEW YORK CITY—A football game in Brooklyn, 1963

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—New York Giants headquarters. Eli Manning, quarterback, Jan. 25, 2008

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