The National Forgotten League The National Forgotten League

The National Forgotten League

Entertaining Stories and Observations from Pro Football's First Fifty Years

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Publisher Description

The first fifty years of America’s most popular spectator sport have been strangely neglected by historians claiming to tell the “complete story” of pro football. Well, here are the early stories that “complete story” has left out. What about the awful secret carried around by Sid Luckman, the Bears’ Hall of Fame quarterback whose father was a mobster and a murderer? Or Steve Hamas, who briefly played in the NFL then turned to boxing and beat Max Schmeling, conqueror of Joe Louis? Or the two one-armed players who suited up for NFL teams in 1945? Or Steelers owner Art Rooney postponing a game in 1938 because of injuries? These are just a few of the little-known facts Dan Daly unearths in recounting the untold history of pro football in its first half century.

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
RELEASED
2012
October 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
421
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Nebraska Press
SELLER
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
SIZE
3.9
MB
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