Fit for America: Major John L. Griffith and the Quest for Athletics and FitnessFit for America is at once an intellectual biography of Major John L. Griffith, one of the preeminent intercollegiate athletics administrators of the twenti eth century, and an in depth look at how athletics shaped national military preparedness in a time of war and anticommunist sentiment. Lindaman traces Griffith's forty year career, one that spanned both world wars and included his appointment as the first Big Ten commissioner from 1922 until 1945.