Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football (Hardcover)
| Author: Robert W. Peterson |
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10: 0195076079
ISBN-13: 9780195076073
Sku: 216987792
Publish Date: 8/3/2010
Pages:
256
Age Range:
NA
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Traces the roots of professional football, from its organization in the 1880s, to the formation of the National Football League in 1920, to its surge in popularity with the pivotal Bears-Redskins championship game of 1940, through the highly lucrative television deals of the 1990s |
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A history of the beginnings of professional football, which began in 1920 and took off in the 1950s with the advent of television.
A history of the beginnings of professional football, which began in 1920 and took off in the 1950s with the advent of television.
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"An accomplished sports historian traces pro football's metamorphosis from a regional curiosity into a national obsession." 10/15/1996
"An accomplished sports historian traces pro football's metamorphosis from a regional curiosity into a national obsession." 10/15/1996
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