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In Pigskin, Robert W. Peterson presents a lively and informative overview of the early years of pro football - from the late 1880s to the television era. Peterson describes the colorful beginnings of the pro game and its outstanding teams (the Green Bay Packers, the New York Giants, the Chicago Bears, the Baltimore Colts), and the great games they played. Profiles of the most famous players of the era - including Pudge Heffelfinger (the first certifiable professional), Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski, and Fritz Pollard (the NFL's first black star) - bring the history of the game to…
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4 editions- Other · English · 1997Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9780198023920
- Other · English · 1997Oxford University Press · 9781280471247
- Other · English · 1997Oxford University Press, USA · 256 pages · 9780195119138
- Other · English · 1996Oxford University Press, USA · 239 pages · 9780195076073
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