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Spalding, Barnes, and NCAA Football Guides

Note: This page is a finding aid to the Spalding (1891-1940), Barnes (1941-49), and NCAA (1950 to date) annual football guides held in the Joyce Sports Research Collection in Rare Books and Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame. Materials may be consulted in 102 Hesburgh Library.

Title: Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide
Publisher: New York: American Sports Publishing
Publication History: Annually, 1891-1940
Notes: Continued by The Official NCAA Football Guide. The library holds three sets of Spalding football guides, one of which (Rare Books Small GV 956.8 S75) was once owned by Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog no.: Rare Books Small GV 956.8 S75 / Rare Books Small GV 956.8 S76 / Rare Books Small GV 956.8 S77
Holdings:

1891
1894-1940

Note: Holdings for those years when two or more regional editions were published are as follows:

1906 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1907 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1908 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1909 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1910 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1911 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1912 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1913 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1914 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1915 — Western edition
1916 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1917 — Western edition
1918 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1920 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1921 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1922 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1923 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1924 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1925 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1929 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1930 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1931 — Eastern edition, Western edition
1932 — Eastern edition, Western edition, Pacific Coast edition]


Title: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide
Publisher: New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1941-1949; New York: National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, 1950-1966; Phoenix, AZ: College Athletics Publishing Service, 1967-1972: Shawnee Mission, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association Publishing Service, 1973-1976; Shawnee Mission, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1977-1978
Publication History: Annually, 1941-1978
Notes: Continuation of Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide; continued by NCAA Football

Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Holdings:

1941-1978


Title: NCAA Football
Publisher: Shawnee Mission, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1979-1986; Overland Park, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1990-1991
Publication History: Annually, 1979-1990
Notes: Continuation of The Official NCAA Football Guide; continued by Official NCAA Football

Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Holdings:

1979-1990


Title: Official NCAA Football
Publisher: Overland Park, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association
Publication History: Annually, 1991-1993
Notes: Continuation of NCAA Football; continued by NCAA Football: The Official College Football Records Book

Location: Dept. of Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Holdings:

1991-1993


Title: NCAA Football: The Official College Football Records Book
Publisher: Overland Park, KS: National Collegiate Athletic Association
Publication History: Annually, 1994-
Notes: Continuation of Official NCAA Football

Location: Dept. of Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Holdings:

1994-1995
1998-1999