02180nam 2200529Ia 450 991078561970332120230801224011.01-283-55084-997866138632940-8032-4460-6(CKB)2670000000234134(EBL)999198(OCoLC)809977178(SSID)ssj0000711617(PQKBManifestationID)11454586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711617(PQKBWorkID)10694061(PQKB)10627354(MiAaPQ)EBC999198(Au-PeEL)EBL999198(CaPaEBR)ebr10590740(CaONFJC)MIL386329(EXLCZ)99267000000023413420120308d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe national forgotten league[electronic resource] entertaining stories and observations from pro football's first fifty years /Dan DalyLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20121 online resource (422 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-4343-X Includes bibliographical references.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 gFootballUnited StatesHistoryFootballHistory.796.323/64Daly Dan1164016MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785619703321The national forgotten league3731433UNINA