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Author Papenfuss, Mary, author.

Title American huckster : how Chuck Blazer got rich from-and sold out-the most powerful cabal in world sports / Mary Papenfuss and Teri Thompson.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.334 PAP    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.334 PAPENFUSS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255).
Contents Teetering at the top -- On the hustle -- Birth of a soccer fiefdom -- Playboy of Western CONCACAF -- Mad parrots and crazy ideas -- Uncle Jack -- Life was good -- Pay to play -- A hundred and five in the shade -- Pirates of the Caribbean -- Whistle-blowing past the graveyard -- The hammer falls -- La FIFA Nostra -- Injury time -- Game over.
Summary "The first inside account of the international soccer scandal that rocked the world and the American at its center--the incredible story of how a stay-at-home New York soccer dad illegally made millions off the world's most powerful and corrupt sports organization and became an unlikely FBI whistleblower,"--Amazon.com.
Subject Blazer, Chuck, 1945-
Soccer -- Management -- Corrupt practices.
Fédération internationale de football association.
Added Author Thompson, Teri, author.
ISBN 9780062449672 (Hardcover)
0062449672 (Hardcover)
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