War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL

Chris Serb is an independent journalist who has written extensively for such publications as Chicago Tribune, Chicago History, Writer's Digest, Chicago Athlete, and Men's Fitness. He is the author of Sam's Boys: The History of Chicago's Leone Beach and Legendary Lifeguard Sam Leone (2000), whose profits were donated to charity. Serb was a finalist for Chicago Headline Club's prestigious Peter Lisagor Award for Best Sports Feature in 2000.