LEADER 02177nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910814506803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-55084-9 010 $a9786613863294 010 $a0-8032-4460-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234134 035 $a(EBL)999198 035 $a(OCoLC)809977178 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454586 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694061 035 $a(PQKB)10627354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC999198 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL999198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10590740 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL386329 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234134 100 $a20120308d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe national forgotten league $eentertaining stories and observations from pro football's first fifty years /$fDan Daly 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (422 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-4343-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThe 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 g 606 $aFootball$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aFootball$xHistory. 676 $a796.323/64 700 $aDaly$b Dan$01164016 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814506803321 996 $aThe national forgotten league$93914249 997 $aUNINA