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Rozelle : a biography / Jerry Izenberg ; foreword by David Stern.
Van Pelt Library GV939.R695 I94 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Izenberg, Jerry, author.
- Stern, David, 1942- author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rozelle, Pete.
- Football commissioners--United States--Biography.
- Football commissioners.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 305 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "A biography of Pete Rozelle, the man who brought the NFL to the forefront of professional sports"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 In the Beginning 7
- 2 Moving On 28
- 3 The Accidental Coronation 43
- 4 The Boy Wonder Takes Center Stage 52
- 5 How Do You Tell Vince? 62
- 6 Heads They Win, Tails He Loses 81
- 7 The 100-Yard Armageddon 90
- 8 Sex, Lies, and Bringing Up Baby 105
- 9 Ain't Gonna Study No War No More 126
- 10 Bringing in the Sheaves 141
- 11 The Failed Coups 162
- 12 Power to the Tackles 177
- 13 Another Day, Another Dragon to Slay 196
- 14 At War with the Counterculture 210
- 15 Davis Again: Fend without End 222
- 16 Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight 234
- 17 The Final Battles 254
- 18 Death Be Not Proud 272.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803255746
- 0803255748
- 0803266987
- 9780803266988
- OCLC:
- 877370488
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