The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era That Created Modern Sports

by Kevin Cook

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Between the Immaculate Reception in 1972 and The Catch in 1982, pro football grew up. In 1972, Steelers star Franco Harris hitchhiked to practice. NFL teams roomed in skanky motels. They played on guts, painkillers, legal steroids, fury, and camaraderie. A decade later, Joe Montana's gleamingly efficient 49ers ushered in a new era: the corporate, scripted, multibillion-dollar NFL we watch today. Kevin Cook's rollicking chronicle of this pivotal decade...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393080161

ISBN13:9780393080162

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Football (American) History of Sports Miscellaneous Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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