The Game Before the Money
Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Oral history from players and coaches detailing the NFL from the late 1930s through the 1970s"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Opening kickoff -- Players whose careers began before 1950. Chuck Cherundolo ; Joseph "Buddy" Lex and Clarence "Ace" Parker ; Al "Ox" Wistert ; Nolan Luhn ; Charley Trippi ; Johnny Lujack ; George Taliaferro -- Players whose careers began in the 1950s. Yale Lary ; Frank Gifford ; Johnny Lattner ; Cotton Davidson ; Bob Skoronski ; Bart Starr ; Paul Horning ; Sonny Jurgensen ; Jim Taylor ; Don Mayhard -- Players whose careers began in the 1960s. Carroll Dale ; Austin "Goose" Gonsoulin ; Dick Frey ; Irv Cross ; Garland Boyette ; Mick Tingelhoff ; Lee Roy Jordan ; Tony Lorick ; Carl Eller ; Dan Reeves ; Walt Garrison ; Ken Houston ; Elvin Bethea ; Bob Griese ; Rocky Bleier -- Players whose careers began in the 1970s. Jack Youngblood ; Otis Sistrun ; Conrad Dobler ; Joe DeLamielleure ; Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ; Doug English ; Louie Kelcher ; Chris Bahr -- Overtime -- Appendix. Monetary figures in 2013 U.S. dollars.
Subjects:
National Football League -- History.
Football -- United States -- History.
Football players -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Football coaches -- United States -- Anecdotes.
National Football League -- History.
Football -- United States -- History.
Football players -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Football coaches -- United States -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9780803255739 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SPORTS Football Mic | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SPORTS Football Mic | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and index.