The Football History of Miami Dolphins Washington Post Edition Book

It’s an unusually warm January day at the LA Memorial Coliseum in 1973. In the 84-degree warmth, the sun beats down on 90,000 fans as the marching band arranges itself into the numerals ‘VII’. In the locker room, the Dolphins are tense. This isn’t just a shot at their first Super Bowl – sitting at 16-0, they have a shot at perfection, at history, at immortality.

The Dolphins’ perfect season is so often talked about in hindsight. But in this book, moments like these are immortalised in the words of the reporters who’d just seen them happen. Through 146 pages of authentic newspaper reports, the Dolphin Nation can relive the whole history of their team – from their entry to the AFL in 1965, to the glory in the 70s, and all the way up to recent seasons.

Phin fans can see of-the-era reactions to legendary Dolphins moments – like Marino’s fake spike in ’94, Shula’s stone-faced celebrations and the birth of the ‘wildcat formation’ in ’08. Available in hardback or softback, with the recipient’s name printed on the cover, this book is designed to take pride of place on any Dolphins fan’s bookshelf.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.