NFL football [electronic resource] : a history of America's new national pastime / Richard C. Crepeau.

99780252096532 electronic book
9780252032899

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

©2014

English

1 online resource (273 pages).

GV955.5.N35 .C747 2014eb

796.332/6406

"The National Football League was founded in 1920 as the American Football Association. At first is struggled in the shadow of baseball as a vaguely disreputable professional sport, and had trouble competing for athletes and fans. Through a series of mergers, moves between cities, and the advent of television, the NFL gradually grew into one of the nation's most successful professional sports, with cities competing for franchises, and networks competing for broadcast rights. Its stars became national celebrities and its championship game became an annual extravaganza. The highly respected sports historian Richard Crepeau will write a history of the NFL from its hardluck origins to its current glory. He will deal not only with the great teams, great games, and great rivalries, but also with the place of NFL within American culture"-- Provided by publisher.

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Sport and society.

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