Rooney: A Sporting Life
- ISBN-10
- 0803228287
- ISBN-13
- 9780803228283
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 704
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Authors
- Maggie Jones Patterson, Michael P. Weber, Rob Ruck
Description
The first authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, this book is both a critical chapter in the story of football in America and a thoroughly engaging in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports.
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