Rozelle : a biography / Jerry Izenberg ; foreword by David Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izenberg, Jerry, author.

Stern, David, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rozelle, Pete.

Football commissioners--United States--Biography.

Football commissioners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (558 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rozelle chronicles the life and times of the architect of the modern National Football League, Pete Rozelle, who transformed football into arguably the most successful sports league in the world. While he was never considered a serious candidate for the job of NFL commissioner early on, the position ultimately catapulted Rozelle into the role through which he transformed the NFL and became a trailblazer for all sports in the second half of the twentieth century. When he became commissioner in 1960, the league had twelve teams playing to half-empty stadiums and was mired in an outdated business

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword by David Stern""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""1. In the Beginning""; ""2. Moving On""; ""3. The Accidental Coronation""; ""4. The Boy Wonder Takes Center Stage""; ""5. How Do You Tell Vince?""; ""6. Heads They Win, Tails He Loses""; ""7. The 100-Yard Armageddon""; ""8. Sex, Lies, and Bringing Up Baby""; ""9. Ain�t Gonna Study No War No More""; ""10. Bringing in the Sheaves""; ""11. The Failed Coups""; ""12. Power to the Tackles""

""13. Another Day, Another Dragon to Slay""""14. At War with the Counterculture""; ""15. Davis Again: Feud without End""; ""16. Never Take a Knife to a Gunfight""; ""17. The Final Battles""; ""18. Death Be Not Proud""; ""List of Interviews""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About Jerry Izenberg""; ""About David Stern""; ""Other Works by Jerry Izenberg""; ""Gallery""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8032-6697-9

0-8032-6699-5