NFL century : the one-hundred-year rise of America's greatest sports league / Joe Horrigan.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Crown Archetype, [2019]Edition: First EditionDescription: 370 pages cmISBN:- 9781635653595
- National Football League century
- 796.332/64 23
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | Adult Non-Fiction | 796.33264 HOR | Available | 36748002447250 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season.
"I can think of no one better qualified-or more enthusiastic-to chronicle the National Football League's century-long history than Joe Horrigan."-Marv Levy, Hall of Fame NFL coach
The NFL has come a long way from its founding in Canton, Ohio, in 1920. In the hundred years since that fateful day, football has become America's most popular and lucrative professional sport. The former scrappy upstart league that struggled to stay afloat has 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 like Vince Lombardi, Joe Montana, and Tom Brady.It is an extraordinary and entertaining history that could be told only by Joe Horrigan, former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and perhaps the greatest living historian of the NFL, by drawing upon decades of NFL archives. Compelling, eye-opening, and authoritative, NFL Century is a must-read for NFL fans and anyone who loves the game of football.
Advance praise for NFL Century
"Joe Horrigan takes the reader on a delightful tour of the seminal moments of the NFL in the past one hundred years-the players, owners, coaches, executives, and historical events that made the game of football the most popular in America. It's a wonderful walk down memory lane for any football fan, young or old." -Michael Lombardi, author of Gridiron Genius
"There is no one-and I mean no one-who knows more about the history of the NFL than Joe Horrigan, the heart and soul of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As the gold standard of sports leagues celebrates its one hundredth season, it's appropriate that the gold standard of sports historians has written NFL Century, an entertaining and educational journey." -Gary Myers, New York Times bestsellingauthor of Brady vs Manning
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. ix)
- Chapter 1 League Talk (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 A Real Sure-Enough League (p. 11)
- Chapter 3 Growing Pains and a Name Change (p. 24)
- Chapter 4 Red Grange Turns Pro (p. 30)
- Chapter 5 February Fallout (p. 40)
- Chapter 6 Reduced, Under Lights, and Indoors (p. 51)
- Chapter 7 Television Debuts (p. 60)
- Chapter 8 The T-Formation and the Man-in-Motion (p. 64)
- Chapter 9 The NFL's First Commissioner (p. 70)
- Chapter 10 A World at War (p. 76)
- Chapter 11 The NFL's Four-Year War (p. 85)
- Chapter 12 The Cleveland Browns' NFL Debut (p. 97)
- Chapter 13 The NFL's Final Failed Franchises (p. 103)
- Chapter 14 The Greatest Game Ever Played and the Legend of Johnny Unitas (p. 112)
- Chapter 15 The "Hunt" for a New League (p. 124)
- Chapter 16 A Compromise Candidate, Congress, and TV (p. 137)
- Chapter 17 Tough Decisions (p. 146)
- Chapter 18 A Cease-fire and a Merger (p. 156)
- Chapter 19 Super Bowls I-IV (p. 170)
- Chapter 20 Monday Night Football (p. 184)
- Chapter 21 The Immaculate Reception (p. 190)
- Chapter 22 A Starting Quarterback (p. 199)
- Chapter 23 The Perfect Coach for a Perfect Season (p. 209)
- Chapter 24 A Rules Change, and the Decade of the Running Back (p. 219)
- Chapter 25 "Super" Defenses (p. 224)
- Chapter 26 Rozelle Fights Through the NFL's Lost Decade (p. 231)
- Chapter 27 The 49ers Strike Gold (p. 247)
- Chapter 28 Tags! You're It (p. 257)
- Chapter 29 Jerry Jones Buys a Team, Fires a Coach, and Gives Birth to "the Triplets" (p. 268)
- Chapter 30 The Rooney Rule (p. 281)
- Chapter 31 The NFL Responds to National Crises (p. 286)
- Chapter 32 Krafting a Winner-the New England Patriots (p. 296)
- Chapter 33 The Last Commissioner of the NFL's First Century (p. 306)
- Acknowledgments (p. 319)
- Notes (p. 320)
- Bibliography (p. 351)
- Index (p. 354)