Join us Friday, September 8th for a promotional event and book signing for The Mississippi Football Book. Just in time for the Ole Miss vs. Tulane game on Saturday. Stay tuned for a list of special guests in attendance.
OXFORD, MS — Veteran sportswriter Rick Cleveland and writer/publisher Neil White have partnered to produce a new coffee-table book, The Mississippi Football Book. Part narrative, part encyclopedia, and part Guinness Book of World Records, The Mississippi Football Book features the greatest teams, coaches, and players from Mississippi’s remarkable football past — and present.
Rick Cleveland, the most decorated sportswriter in Mississippi history, wrote in his introduction, “Relatively small and poor and ranked near the bottom in so many statistical categories, the Magnolia State kicks tail when it comes to football talent. We lead the nation in producing the most NFL players and the most Pro Football Hall of Famers per capita. It’s not even close.”
Neil White said of his co-author, “Rick Cleveland has been interviewing sports figures for more than five decades. His first-hand stories — directly from the mouths of Mississippi’s greatest players — make this book a real treasure.”
In addition to feature stories on the state’s greatest players, The Mississippi Football Book also ranks the top passers, rushers, receivers, and defenders at every level of play — from high school to professionals. The book also lists every national championship team, every single-season statistical leader, every member of the Pro, College, and JUCO Football Halls of Fame, the winningest teams and coaches in history, rare feats, Mississippi football and pop culture, Mississippi football in film, notable Mississippi football books, not-so-great-moments in Mississippi football history, and much, much more.
Any fan of Mississippi football will want a copy of this one-of-a-kind book.
The Mississippi Football Book will premiere at the Mississippi Book Festival on August 19, 2023, at the State Capitol.