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Cash and carry : the spectacular rise and hard fall of C.C. Pyle, America's first sports agent / Jim Reisler.
LIBRA GV734.5 .R45 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reisler, Jim, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pyle, Charles C., 1882-1939.
- Pyle, Charles C.
- Sports agents--United States--Biography.
- Sports agents.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]
- Summary:
- "C.C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle was a true American original. A dreamer and a schemer, Pyle made several fortunes by representing professional football and tennis players before quickly losing everything and disappearing into history's dustbin. This work reevaluates Pyle's fast life and times while analyzing his extraordinary and enduring legacy"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 "How Would You Like to Make $100,000?" 11
- 2 "Three or Four Men and a Horse Rolled into One" 34
- 3 "One of the Finest Men I Have Ever Known" 64
- 4 "Football for All and All for Football" 88
- 5 "People Will Pay to See Anyone They Hate" 106
- 6 "The Most Stupendous Athletic Accomplishment in All History!" 138
- 7 "It Is a New Racket Altogether" 156
- 8 "Everyone Will Be Satisfied" 176
- 9 "More Ideas Than Most Men Came Up With in a Lifetime" 191
- Epilogue: "Everything He Touched Turned to Gold" 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786438464
- 0786438460
- OCLC:
- 265731777
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