The NFL in the 1970s : pro football's most important decade
Title:
The NFL in the 1970s : pro football's most important decade
Author:
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ISBN:
9780786497904
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Physical Description:
x, 434 pages ; 26 cm
Contents:
1970-A New Birth of Competition 1971-The National Game 1972-Perfection and Miraculous Memories 1973-The Odyssey Towards Stardom 1974-A New Breed, a New Dynasty 1975-A Repeating Dynasty Amidst Strong-Armed Cinderellas 1976-Bicentennial Battles 1977-Missing Pieces Found and Broncomania Born 1978-The Game Adjusts and Renews Itself 1979-The Curtain Descends on a Super Decade
Abstract:
"The National Football League in the 1970s represented a new epoch in professional football. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering great names, great rivalries and great games. The author explains key changes in both strategy and rules and how pro football developed into the near-religious American tradition we see today"-- Provided by publisher.
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