The National Forgotten League : Entertaining Stories and Observations from Pro Football's First Fifty Years /

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Author / Creator:Daly, Dan.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:National Football League -- History.
National Football League.
Football -- United States -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
Football.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202748
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ISBN:9780803244603
0803244606
080324343X
9780803243439
1283550849
9781283550840
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The first fifty years of America's most popular spectator sport have been strangely neglected by historians claiming to tell the "complete story" of pro football. Well, here are the early stories that "complete story" has left out. What about the awful secret carried around by Sid Luckman, the Bears' Hall of Fame quarterback whose father was a mobster and a murderer? Or Steve Hamas, who briefly played in the NFL then turned to boxing and beat Max Schmeling, conqueror of Joe Louis? Or the two one-armed players who suited up for NFL teams in 1945? Or Steelers owner Art Rooney postponing a g.
Other form:Print version: 9786613863294
Standard no.:9786613863294