| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
From its founding in Canton, Ohio, in 1920, football has become America's most popular-- and lucrative-- professional sport. It survived a host of challenges-- the Great Depression and World War II, controversies and scandals, battles over labor rights and competition from rival leagues-- to produce American icons and an extraordinary and entertaining history. Horrigan provides a sweeping and lively history of the NFL, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary season. -- adapted from jacket |
| Contents |
Introduction -- League talk -- A real sure-enough league -- Growing pains and a name change -- Red Grange turns pro -- February fallout -- Reduced, under lights, and indoors -- Television debuts -- The T-formation and the man-in-motion -- The NFL's first commissioner -- A world at war -- The NFL's four-year war -- The Cleveland Browns' NFL debut -- The NFL's final failed franchises -- The greatest game ever played and the legend of Johnny Unitas -- The "hunt" for a new league -- A compromise candidate, Congress, and TV -- Tough decisions -- A cease-fire and a merger -- Super Bowls I-IV -- Monday Night Football -- The immaculate reception -- A starting quarterback -- The perfect coach for a perfect season -- A rules change, and the decade of the running back -- "Super" defenses -- Rozelle fights through the NFL's lost decade -- The 49ers strike gold -- Tags! You're it -- Jerry Jones buys a team, fires a coach, and gives birth to "the Triplets" -- The Rooney rule -- The NFL responds to national crises -- Krafting a winner-- the New England patriots -- The last commissioner of the NFL's first century. |
| Subject |
National Football League -- History.
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National Football League -- History -- 20th century.
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Football -- United States -- History.
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National Football League. (OCoLC)fst00547559
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Football. (OCoLC)fst00931362
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
National Football League century |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Horrigan, Joe, author. NFL century First Edition. New York : Crown Archetype, [2019] 9781635653601 (DLC) 2019001882 |
| ISBN |
9781635653595 (hardcover) |
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1635653592 (hardcover) |
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9781984825278 (trade paperback) |
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1984825275 (trade paperback) |
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9781635653601 (Ebook) |
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