Author: National Football League
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419738593
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authorized visual history of America's most popular sport Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL 100 will be cherished by every football fan, new or old.
NFL 100
Author: National Football League
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419738593
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authorized visual history of America's most popular sport Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL 100 will be cherished by every football fan, new or old.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781419738593
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authorized visual history of America's most popular sport Timed to coincide with the National Football League's 100th anniversary, NFL 100 celebrates the history of America's most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL 100 will be cherished by every football fan, new or old.
National Football League Coloring Book: NFL Team Logos and Players
Author: Football Spirit
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781981912483
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Coloring book for children and adults who love Football.High quality.Each image is printed on a separate page to prevent bleed-through.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781981912483
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Coloring book for children and adults who love Football.High quality.Each image is printed on a separate page to prevent bleed-through.
Official Playing Rules of the National Football League
Author: National Football League
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781600781438
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Official playing rules of the National Football League. Game Action Editing organizes the rules by the flow of the live game.
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 9781600781438
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Official playing rules of the National Football League. Game Action Editing organizes the rules by the flow of the live game.
The Man Who Built the National Football League
Author: Chris Willis
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810876701
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected. From 1921 to 1939, Joe F. Carr guided the sport of professional football with intelligence, hard work, and a passion that built the foundation of what the NFL has become: the number one sports organization in the world. During his eighteen-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; implemented the standard player's contract; wrote the NFL's first-ever Record and Fact Book; helped split the NFL into two divisions and establish the NFL's World Championship Game; started keeping league statistics; and developed the NFL Draft. But Carr's greatest achievement was creating a vision for the NFL as a big-city sport. By skillfully recruiting financially capable owners to operate NFL franchises in big market cities, he created the solid foundation for the league's successful future. While the sport has grown to unheard of heights, Carr's name and accomplishments have been lost and forgotten. The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr captures the life and career of this pivotal figure in professional sports, chronicling the many achievements of a man whose vision helped shaped what the NFL is today. With unlimited access and complete cooperation from the Carr family—including family interviews, personal letters, and family photos—as well as NFL League Minutes, Willis recounts the fascinating life and career of a man dedicated to the game.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810876701
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Founded in 1920, the National Football League chose famed athlete Jim Thorpe as its first president, a position he held briefly until a successor was elected. From 1921 to 1939, Joe F. Carr guided the sport of professional football with intelligence, hard work, and a passion that built the foundation of what the NFL has become: the number one sports organization in the world. During his eighteen-year tenure as NFL President, Carr created the organization's first Constitution & By-Laws; implemented the standard player's contract; wrote the NFL's first-ever Record and Fact Book; helped split the NFL into two divisions and establish the NFL's World Championship Game; started keeping league statistics; and developed the NFL Draft. But Carr's greatest achievement was creating a vision for the NFL as a big-city sport. By skillfully recruiting financially capable owners to operate NFL franchises in big market cities, he created the solid foundation for the league's successful future. While the sport has grown to unheard of heights, Carr's name and accomplishments have been lost and forgotten. The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr captures the life and career of this pivotal figure in professional sports, chronicling the many achievements of a man whose vision helped shaped what the NFL is today. With unlimited access and complete cooperation from the Carr family—including family interviews, personal letters, and family photos—as well as NFL League Minutes, Willis recounts the fascinating life and career of a man dedicated to the game.
Advancing the Ball
Author: N. Jeremi Duru
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199792801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman John Wooten to right this wrong and undo decades of discriminatory head coach hiring practices--an initiative that finally bore fruit when he joined forces with attorneys Cyrus Mehri and Johnnie Cochran. Together with a few allies, the triumvirate galvanized the NFL's African American assistant coaches to stand together for equal opportunity and convinced the league to enact the "Rooney Rule," which stipulates that every team must interview at least one minority candidate when searching for a new head coach. In doing so, they spurred a movement that would substantially impact the NFL and, potentially, the nation. Featuring an impassioned foreword by Coach Tony Dungy, Advancing the Ball offers an eye-opening, first-hand look at how a few committed individuals initiated a sea change in America's most popular sport and added an extraordinary new chapter to the civil rights story.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199792801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman John Wooten to right this wrong and undo decades of discriminatory head coach hiring practices--an initiative that finally bore fruit when he joined forces with attorneys Cyrus Mehri and Johnnie Cochran. Together with a few allies, the triumvirate galvanized the NFL's African American assistant coaches to stand together for equal opportunity and convinced the league to enact the "Rooney Rule," which stipulates that every team must interview at least one minority candidate when searching for a new head coach. In doing so, they spurred a movement that would substantially impact the NFL and, potentially, the nation. Featuring an impassioned foreword by Coach Tony Dungy, Advancing the Ball offers an eye-opening, first-hand look at how a few committed individuals initiated a sea change in America's most popular sport and added an extraordinary new chapter to the civil rights story.
The Super Bowl
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1512427543
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Super Bowl is the most popular US sporting event. This book features great plays and notable moments, as well as the pomp and spectacle associated with the biggest game of the year.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1512427543
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Super Bowl is the most popular US sporting event. This book features great plays and notable moments, as well as the pomp and spectacle associated with the biggest game of the year.
Outside the Lines
Author: Charles K. Ross
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814776833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Explores the often overlooked role of the NFL in the American civil rights movement Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are Black, few are fully aware of the history and contributions of their athletic forebears. Among the touchdowns and tackles lies a rich history of African American life and the struggle to achieve equal rights. Outside the Lines traces how football laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating teams to include white and Black athletes alike fifty years before the reversal of Plessy v Ferguson, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows—the trials and triumphs—of racial integration. In this chronicle of the important stories of Black NFL athletes in the early twentieth century, Charles K. Ross has given us an important insight into the role of sports in the fight for racial justice.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814776833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Explores the often overlooked role of the NFL in the American civil rights movement Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are Black, few are fully aware of the history and contributions of their athletic forebears. Among the touchdowns and tackles lies a rich history of African American life and the struggle to achieve equal rights. Outside the Lines traces how football laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating teams to include white and Black athletes alike fifty years before the reversal of Plessy v Ferguson, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows—the trials and triumphs—of racial integration. In this chronicle of the important stories of Black NFL athletes in the early twentieth century, Charles K. Ross has given us an important insight into the role of sports in the fight for racial justice.
The Official Treasures of the National Football League
Author: James Buckley (Jr.)
Publisher: Severn House Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781847329349
Category : Football
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
The Official Treasures of the National Football League is a must-have item for every fan of pro football and the NFL.
Publisher: Severn House Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781847329349
Category : Football
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
The Official Treasures of the National Football League is a must-have item for every fan of pro football and the NFL.
100 Yards of Glory
Author: Joe Garner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780547547985
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The creators of the best-selling And the Crowd Goes Wild present an officially endorsed collection of key historical events that combines archival photography with coverage of such famed stories as the Immaculate Reception, the Ice Bowl and the Music City Miracle, in a volume complemented by a 10-part documentary by an Emmy Award-winning team.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780547547985
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The creators of the best-selling And the Crowd Goes Wild present an officially endorsed collection of key historical events that combines archival photography with coverage of such famed stories as the Immaculate Reception, the Ice Bowl and the Music City Miracle, in a volume complemented by a 10-part documentary by an Emmy Award-winning team.
America's Greatest Game
Author: Jim Buckley
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9780786804337
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A historical overview of how the game of football has evolved through the years and how the National Football League began.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9780786804337
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A historical overview of how the game of football has evolved through the years and how the National Football League began.