Format:
1 online resource (383 pages)
ISBN:
9780810876705
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- Foreword -- 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) -- Pro Football's Rag Days -- 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 -- About the Author.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780810876699
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780810876699
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=616415
Bookmarklink
