Rooney: A Sporting Life
Autor Rob Ruck, Maggie Jones Patterson, Michael P. Weberen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2010
Born to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901–88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in playing sports but in promoting them. Though he was at the center of boxing, baseball, and racing in Pittsburgh and beyond, Rooney is best remembered for his contribution to the NFL, in particular to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team he founded in 1933.
As Rooney led the team in the early years, he came to be known as football’s greatest loser; his influence, however, was instrumental in making the NFL the best-run league in American pro sports. The authors show how Rooney saw professional football—and the Steelers—through the Depression, World War II, the ascension of TV, and the development of the NFL. The book also follows him through the Steelers’ dynasty years under Rooney’s sons, with four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s alone.
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780803222830
ISBN-10: 0803222831
Pagini: 704
Ilustrații: 43 illustrations, 1 genealogy
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 1.21 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0803222831
Pagini: 704
Ilustrații: 43 illustrations, 1 genealogy
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 1.21 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
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Notă biografică
Rob Ruck is a senior lecturer of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of The Tropic of Baseball, available in a Bison Books edition. Maggie Jones Patterson is an associate professor of journalism at Duquesne University and coauthor of Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting. Michael P. Weber (1936–2001) is the author of Don’t Call Me Boss: David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor.
Cuprins
<CT>Contents</CT>
List of Illustrations 000
Introduction 000
Arthur J. Rooney’s Family Tree 000
1. Coming to Pittsburgh 000
2. The Young Athlete: The Northside 000
3. On Life's Learning Fields: 1922<EN>28 000
4. Dreams, Depression, and Commitment: 1929<EN>33 000
5. Pittsburgh Joins the <SC>nfl</SC>: 1933<EN>36 000
6. Rooney's Ride: 1937 000
7. Between the Races and the Fights: 1937<EN>38 000
8. Returning to the Ring: 1939<EN>41 000
9. Season of Reckoning: 1940<EN>41 000
10. The World at War: 1941<EN>45 000
11. The Sutherland Years: 1946<EN>47 000
12. Shamrock Farm 000
13. Same Old Steelers: 1948<EN>56 000
14. Buddy, Bobby, and Bert: 1957<EN>59 000
15. Renaissance for Pittsburgh, Not the Steelers: 1960<EN>64 000
16. Not the Same Old Steelers--Worse: 1965<EN>68 000
17. Changing History: 1970<EN>71 000
18. 1972 000
19. Football's Promised Land: 1973<EN>74 000
20. Super Redux: 1975 000
21. City of Champions: 1976<EN>79 000
22. The Fourth Quarter: 1980<EN>88 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
List of Illustrations 000
Introduction 000
Arthur J. Rooney’s Family Tree 000
1. Coming to Pittsburgh 000
2. The Young Athlete: The Northside 000
3. On Life's Learning Fields: 1922<EN>28 000
4. Dreams, Depression, and Commitment: 1929<EN>33 000
5. Pittsburgh Joins the <SC>nfl</SC>: 1933<EN>36 000
6. Rooney's Ride: 1937 000
7. Between the Races and the Fights: 1937<EN>38 000
8. Returning to the Ring: 1939<EN>41 000
9. Season of Reckoning: 1940<EN>41 000
10. The World at War: 1941<EN>45 000
11. The Sutherland Years: 1946<EN>47 000
12. Shamrock Farm 000
13. Same Old Steelers: 1948<EN>56 000
14. Buddy, Bobby, and Bert: 1957<EN>59 000
15. Renaissance for Pittsburgh, Not the Steelers: 1960<EN>64 000
16. Not the Same Old Steelers--Worse: 1965<EN>68 000
17. Changing History: 1970<EN>71 000
18. 1972 000
19. Football's Promised Land: 1973<EN>74 000
20. Super Redux: 1975 000
21. City of Champions: 1976<EN>79 000
22. The Fourth Quarter: 1980<EN>88 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
Recenzii
“Rooney: A Sporting Life is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about a true American success story in sports. This book fully captures the early life of Art ‘the Chief’ Rooney Sr., an American icon who is known for the legacy he left in the Steelers but isn’t known as well for his amazing accomplishments in racing and as an athlete. The Chief is to sports what Seabiscuit is to horse racing, and this book captures the man and the legend.”—John Clayton, ESPN
"Filled with incredible details, Rooney gets behind the man and the legend who founded the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1933."—frommersports.blogspot.com
"One of the best books on football written so far this century. . . . Assiduously researched, Rooney is more than a biography."—Allen Barra, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"An authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, Rooney, A Sporting Life, is both a critical chapter in the story of football in the United States and a thoroughly engaging, in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports."—Pennsylvania Heritage