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Jackson Michael : The Game Before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2014

ISBN 080325573X

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BA1 - A first edition (no additional printing) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the page before the title page and also SIGNED and inscribed by Doug English to preivous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, scattered light scratches, rubbing, and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered light stains on the page edges and endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Featuring interviews with forty NFL legends from the 1930s to the 1970s. Players Whose Careers Began Before 1950 - Chuck Cherundolo, Joseph "Buddy" Lex and Clarence "Ace" Parker, Al "Ox" Wistert, Nolan Luhn, Charley Trippi, Johnny Lujack, George Taliaferro; Players Whose Careers Began in the 1950s - Yale Lary, Frank Gifford, Johnny Lattner, Cotton Davidson, Bob Skoronski, Bart Starr, Paul Horning, Sonny Jurgensen, Jim Taylor, Don Mayhard; Players Whose Careers Began in the 1960s - Carroll Dale, Austin "Goose" Gonsoulin, Dick Frey, Irv Cross, Garland Boyette, Mick Tingelhoff, Lee Roy Jordan, Tony Lorick, Carl Eller, Dan Reeves, Walt Garrison, Ken Houston, Elvin Bethea, Bob Griese, Rocky Bleier; Players Whose Careers Began in the 1970s - Jack Youngblood, Otis Sistrun, Conrad Dobler, Joe DeLamielleure, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Doug English, Louie Kelcher, Chris Bahr. 8.75"x5.75", 368 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The Game before the Money recounts the National Football League's story and the evolution of America's most popular sport in the vivid words of men who built the NFL. This unprecedented look at football history from the players' perspective combines the stories of icons such as Frank Gifford and Bart Starr with those of journeymen who shared the huddle with Johnny Unitas and rallied to halftime speeches from legendary coaches Vince Lombardi and George Halas. Featuring players from the 1930s through the 1970s, these personal accounts trace professional football in its journey from post-barnstorming days through the first two decades of the Super Bowl. The Game before the Money offers backstories to classic games and the men who made history in them before multi-million dollar contracts. Insights into life in the NFL come from those most capable of providing it, NFL legends themselves. Forty former players open windows onto their own lives, their triumphs and tragedies, and the hardship and the glory that make them the people they are both on and off the field.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author

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