The most memorable moments since the birth of pro football in America The best of sports photographer Neil Leifer's 10,000 rolls of football pictures, including hundreds of previously unpublished images. Presented in a custom slipcase and limited to a total of 1,500 copies signed by the photographer, this XL edition is a companion to Neil Leifer's instant sell-out success, Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball, published by TASCHEN in 2007. In 1958, sports photographer Neil Leifer took the picture that remains one of his most famous to this day. The day he got the shot - Alan Ameche's game-winning ""Sudden Death"" touchdown - was Leifer's 16th birthday. 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 while football surpassed pro baseball and college football in national television ratings.