Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football
- ISBN-10
- 0195076079
- ISBN-13
- 9780195076073
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Football
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Robert Peterson
Description
Traces the roots of professional football, from its organization in the 1880s, to the formation of the National Football League in 1920, to its surge in popularity with the pivotal Bears-Redskins championship game of 1940, through the highly lucrative tel
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