Chris Willis

The Man Who Built the National Football League

Joe F. Carr

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This biography chronicles the many achievements of Joe F. Carr, president of the NFL for most of its first two decades. During his tenure, Carr implemented the standard player's contract, wrote the league's first-ever Record and Fact Book, developed the league draft, and-most significantly-established the NFL as a big-city sport.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781442242845
• ISBN-10: 1442242841
• Artikelnr.: 41245480

Autorenporträt

Chris Willis has worked at NFL Films as the head of the research library since 1996. He has written multiple books on early pro football, including Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 (2005), The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922 (2007), and Dutch Clark: The Life of an NFL Legend and the Birth of the Detroit Lions (2012), all published by Scarecrow Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword James A. Carr, grandson of Joe F. Carr Preface Acknowledgments
Introduction: One Man's Vision Part I: Humble Beginnings (1879-1919) 1. The
Irish Way (1841-1878) 2. Growing Up in Columbus, Ohio (1879-1893) 3. The
Love of a Family Is Replaced by a Love of Sports (1894-1906) 4. The
Columbus Panhandles and the Great Nesser Brothers (1907-1909) 5. Starting a
Family (1910-1913) 6. Pro Football's Most Famous Traveling Team (1914-1916)
7. Making a Name for Himself (1917-1919) Part II: The Presidency
(1920-1939) 8. The American Professional Football Association (1920) 9.
President Elect (1921) 10. The National Football League (1922) 11.
Defending Professional Football (1923) 12. Baby Steps for President Carr
(1924) 13. The NFL Comes to New York City (1925) 14. The Galloping Ghost
and Pottsville Controversy (1925) 15. The Grange League (1926) 16.
Traveling for a Cause (1927-1928) 17. How Do We Get to the Big Cities and
Stay? (1929-1930) 18. Small-Town Green Bay Is Titletown (1931) 19. Indoor
Circus (1932) 20. The Pro Game Separates Itself from the College Game
(1933) 21. Sneakers in New York (1934) 22. The Postgraduate Game Is Finally
a Big-City Sport (1935) 23. Packers, Redskins, and the NFL Draft (1936) 24.
Heart of Gold Continues to Work (1937) 25. "Greatest Show in Football"
(1938) 26. Death of a President (1939) 27. Aftermath 28. Pro Football Hall
of Fame (1963) 29. The Legacy of Joe F. Carr Appendix: Dates and Locations
of NFL Meetings Presided by NFL President Joe F. Carr (1921-1939) Notes
Bibliography Index About the Author