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Rooney - A Sporting Life (Paperback)
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Rooney - A Sporting Life (Paperback)
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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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