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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire Spiral-Bound | October 1, 2019

John Eisenberg

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The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America
 
The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America's sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell believed in pro football when few others did and ultimately succeeded only because at critical junctures each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the league.
 
At once a history of a sport and a remarkable story of business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime.

 
 
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Original Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416 pages
ISBN-10: 1541618645
Item Weight: 0.8 lbs
Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.3 x 8.3 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 501 to 1,000 ratings
"John Eisenberg tells the fascinating account of how five owners, including the Bears's George Halas, cut through their disputes and differences to work together to form the foundations of the league."—Chicago Tribune
John Eisenberg is the author of nine previous books, including That First Season and Ten-Gallon War, and a former sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun. He also has written for Sports Illustrated and Smithsonian Magazine. Eisenberg lives in Baltimore, Maryland.