| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword by Don Shula; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. The Early Years; 2. The Quarterback of the Quakers; 3. A War Hero Tastes the French Nightlife; 4. Back to Penn as Captain of the Quakers; 5. Bert Bell's Coaching Career Begins; 6. The Roaring Twenties -- Off the Field; 7. Frances Upton: One of America's Brightest Stars; 8. The Yellow Jackets Become the Eagles; 9. The Eagles Struggle under Bell and Wray; 10. The Player Draft Comes in 1936; 11. Additional Shock Waves from 1936; 12. The Struggle to Survive: 1937 to 1939; 13. Bert Bell and Art Rooney Get Together. |
| Summary |
The first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bell, Bert, 1894-1959.
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Bell, Bert, 1894-1959. |
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Philadelphia Eagles (Football team) -- History.
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Philadelphia Eagles (Football team) |
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History. |
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Bell, Bert, 1894-1959. |
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Football coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
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Football coaches. |
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Football commissioners -- United States -- Biography.
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Football coaches.
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Football commissioners. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports. |
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United States. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Football. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lyons, Robert S., 1939- On any given Sunday. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010 9781592137312 (DLC) 2009020966 (OCoLC)373474435 |
| ISBN |
9781592137336 (electronic book) |
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1592137334 (electronic book) |
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9781592137312 |
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1592137318 |
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