2008 Holiday Gift Guide: PSU Football Button Book

Today's Holiday Gift Guide item is for the Penn State football fan in your life.

When you go to a Penn State home football game there are certain things you expect to see. Joe Paterno, the Blue Band drum major make his flip, the "We are...Penn State!" cheer, a Nittany Lions victory and fans donning the game day button. Did you know that there is a book dedicated to those buttons?

The Penn State Football Button Book by Martin Ford and Russell Ford is the perfect encyclopedia for the massive PSU button collection and would be a terrific gift for enthusiasts of the buttons. From Joe Paterno's top 100 games to a year by year photo archive of each button from 1972 to 2003 (My copy ends in 2003 but I believe it may have been updated since then - any confirmation of that would be appreciated). For the hard core collectors there is also a record of alternate versions of the game day buttons and other non-traditional buttons.

The book retails for $15.96 on Amazon and should be available in a book store near you. You can place your order online right through the store as well!

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