In 1958, on his 16th birthday, sports photographer Neil Leifer took the picture that remains one of his most famous to this day—Alan Ameche’s game-winning “Sudden Death” touchdown. This game, called “The Greatest Ever Played,” signaled football’s emergence as America’s new national pastime; formerly half-empty stadiums welcomed sold-out crowds seemingly overnight and the sport fast surpassed pro baseball in national television ratings. Starting then, on any given Sunday, Leifer was most likely shooting a football game somewhere in America. This collection represents the best of Leifer’s iconic football photos, culled from over 10,000 rolls of film on the sport, including hundreds of previously unpublished pictures. The in-depth captions put the images into their historical context, making the book highly accessible and informative.