000 03028cam a2200385Ii 4500
001 on1123219147
003 OCoLC
005 20191125133133.0
008 191017t20192019nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
040 _aNjBwBT
_beng
_erda
_cCGL
_dCGL
_dOCLCO
_dJAS
_dJNE
_dMHD
_dOCLCQ
_dILC
_dOCLCF
_dVP@
_dIUK
_dNFG
020 _a9780062692900
_q(hardcover)
020 _a0062692909
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1123219147
043 _an-us---
092 _a796.3326
_bR496
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aRice, Jerry,
_eauthor.
_9291781
245 1 0 _aAmerica's game :
_bthe NFL at 100 /
_cJerry Rice and Randy O. Williams.
246 3 _aNational Football League at 100
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bDey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _axv, 522 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 493-500) and index.
505 0 _aFirst quarter (1920-1944). Becoming America's game ; The NFL kicks off ; Seeing stars ; Head and shoulders ; Indians and Eskimos ; Sneakers, slaughters, and going inside ; The pick 'em game ; The chess masters: first quarter ; The early dynasties ; Thursday's feast ; Uncle Sam's team ; The first quarter all-time team -- Second quarter (1945-1969). A more colorful game, a better game ; Otto-matic ; Becoming more than a signal caller ; Taking flight ; Lamar Hunt: a cornerstone of the NFL's Mount Rushmore ; The long shots ; The great sports marriage ; The chess masters: second quarter ; Working out the kinks ; Overtime, ice, and Heidi ; The pivotal game ; The second quarter all-time team -- Third quarter (1970-1994). Bad blood ; Prime time ; Dynasty ; The one and only ; The workhorse ; D! ; A job fair like no other ; He's got character ; The immaculate reception, hailing Mary, and the epic ; The chess masters: third quarter ; The third quarter all-time team -- Fourth quarter (1995-2019). Playhouse: from rickety venues to high-tech palaces ; A tuck, a tackle, and a miracle ; They wore out the chain gang ; The chess masters: fourth quarter ; The intimidators ; The foot in football ; The artistic archivists ; My team ; Now, that was super ; The fourth quarter all time team -- Epilogue. Overtime.
500 _aA complete celebration of the NFL'S first 100 years by the New York Times bestselling authors of 50 years, 50 moments.
520 _aRice and Williams trace pro football's grand transformation from a loose coalition of regional teams constantly on the verge of collapse to surviving the Great Depression and World War II, to its eventual preeminence as an international phenomenon. -- adapted from jacket
610 2 0 _aNational Football League
_xHistory.
_927832
650 0 _aFootball
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_959933
700 1 _aWilliams, Randy,
_d1957-
_eauthor.
_9291783
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c300022
_d300022