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Author Anderson, Lars.

Title The first star : Red Grange and the barnstorming tour that launched the NFL / Lars Anderson.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-GRANGE, R.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index.
Contents An ambitious plan --- Something not seen in football before-- A hard life -- The wonder of Wheaton -- A marked man -- The education of George Halas -- Worth coming thousands of miles to see -- Cash and carry -- A plunge into the pro pool -- The barnstormers -- My worries are over -- The most harassed young man in America -- The ladies' man -- The storming of Los Angeles -- Epilogue: The founding fathers.
Subject Grange, Red, 1903-1991.
Halas, George, 1895-1983.
Pyle, Charles C., 1882-1939.
Football players -- United States -- Biography.
Football -- United States -- History.
National Football League -- History.
ISBN 9781400067299 alkaline paper
1400067294 alkaline paper
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