Fifty years ago Abilene High School, under legendary Coach Chuck 
Moser, became a football dynasty in Texas.

    Moser moved to Abilene in 1953 at age thirty-four. What followed 
were seven of the most amazing years in the rich history of Texas 
high school football. The 1954, 1955, and 1956 teams won state 
championships. From 1954 to 1957 the Eagles won an incredible 
forty-nine consecutive games. Abilene captured six district titles in 
a row in a rugged West Texas league known as the Little Southwest 
Conference. In Moser's seven years, Abilene won seventy-eight 
games and lost only seven.

    In its 1999 wrap-up of the twentieth century in Texas, The 
Dallas Morning News designated the Eagles of 1954–57 as the 
"Team of the Century" in high school football.

    Veteran sports writer Al Pickett explores how Moser worked his 
magic to galvanize an entire community in support of his program 
and turn an otherwise ordinary group of high school kids into the 
best football team in Texas history. 

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What people are saying about this book

For a review of this book see the Fall 2006 issue of East Texas 
Historical Journal.

". . . an entertaining read."—West Texas Historical Association Year 
Book

". . . insightful."—Brazosport Facts

"A well-researched history of a truly phenomenal high school team's
hard-earned success."—John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review

Look for a review of this book in the August 2004 issue of Texas 
Illustrated Magazine.

Look for a review of this book in the Victoria Advocate at
http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/columnists/vaughn/story/
2152776p-2493659c.html.

"If you like high school football, you'll enjoy Team of the Century;
it is well written and tells a good story."—Jerry Turner, Mexia Daily
News


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