Rooney : a sporting life / Rob Ruck, Maggie Jones Patterson, and Michael P. Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruck, Rob, 1950-

Contributor:

Patterson, Maggie Jones.

Weber, Michael P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football coaches--United States--Biography.

Football coaches.

Pittsburgh Steelers (Football team).

Rooney, Art, 1901-1988.

Rooney, Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (704 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, this book is both a critical chapter in the story of football in America and a thoroughly engaging in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Arthur J Rooney's Family Tree; 1. Coming to Pittsburgh; 2. The Young Athlete; 3. On Life's Learning Fields: 1922-28; 4. Dreams, Depression, and Commitment: 1929-33; 5. Pittsburgh Joins the NFL: 1933-36; 6. Rooney's Ride: 1937; 7. Between the Races and the Fights: 1937-38; 8. Returning to the Ring: 1939-41; 9. Season of Reckoning: 1940-41; 10. The World at War: 1941-45; 11. The Sutherland Years: 1946-47; 12. Shamrock Farm; 13. Same Old Steelers: 1948-56

14. Buddy, Bobby, and Bert: 1957-5915. Renaissance for Pittsburgh, Not the Steelers: 1960-64; 16. Not the Same Old Steelers -Worse: 1965-68; 17. Changing History: 1970-71; 18. 1972; 19. Football's Promised Land: 1973-74; 20. Super Redux: 1975; 21. City of Champions: 1976-79; 22. The Fourth Quarter: 1980-88; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8032-2828-7

OCLC:

609859509