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" Rozelle : "
Jeff Davis.
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BL
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985368
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b739738
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| Main Entry
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Davis, Jeff,1941-
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| Title & Author
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Rozelle : : czar of the NFL /\ Jeff Davis.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: McGraw-Hill,, ©2008.
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xv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0071471669
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: 9780071471664
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-528) and index.
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| Contents
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"I come to you with clean hands" -- The golden boy from the golden state -- Glamour, glitter, and grit : the education of a young man -- To the Olympics and back -- The game has arrived -- New kids on the block -- The torch is passed -- Building a modern NFL -- NFL films -- The crucible -- The difference makers -- The irreconcilable decision : November 22, 1963 -- Sportsman of the year -- Licenses to print money : NFL properties and TV -- The home front -- Who do you trust? or, Let's make a deal -- Everything's coming up super! -- The Heidi game -- Joe Willie guarantees victory--and trouble -- Turn on the lights, the party's started -- Carroll and Carrie -- Mr. Garvey's restless workers -- The NFL today and Georgia takes over -- Commitment to excellence -- USFL or Useless? -- Strikes two and three and then out -- Passing--and the real inheritance.
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| Abstract
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Profiles the football commissioner who created the Super Bowl and turned football into a billion-dollar business, and who was named one of the one hundred most important people of the twentieth century by "Time" magazine.
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Rozelle, Pete.
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Rozelle, Pete.
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National Football League
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National Football League.
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Football commissioners-- United States, Biography.
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Football commissioners.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.332092
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B
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GV939.R695D38 2008
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