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Informationen zum Autor Rob Ruck is a senior lecturer of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of The Tropic of Baseball, available in a Bison Books edition. Maggie Jones Patterson is an associate professor of journalism at Duquesne University and coauthor of Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting. Michael P. Weber (1936-2001) is the author of Don't Call Me Boss: David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh's Renaissance Mayor. Klappentext Rob Ruck is a senior lecturer of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of The Tropic of Baseball! available in a Bison Books edition. Maggie Jones Patterson is an associate professor of journalism at Duquesne University and coauthor of Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting. Michael P. Weber (1936¿2001) is the author of Don¿t Call Me Boss: David L. Lawrence! Pittsburgh¿s Renaissance Mayor. Zusammenfassung 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. This book shows how Rooney saw professional football through the Depression! World War II! the ascension of TV! and the development of the NFL. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionArthur J. Rooney's Family Tree1. Coming to Pittsburgh2. The Young Athlete: The Northside3. On Life's Learning Fields: 1922-284. Dreams, Depression, and Commitment: 1929-335. Pittsburgh Joins the NFL: 1933-366. Rooney's Ride: 19377. Between the Races and the Fights: 1937-388. Returning to the Ring: 1939-419. Season of Reckoning: 1940-4110. The World at War: 1941-4511. The Sutherland Years: 1946-4712. Shamrock Farm13. Same Old Steelers: 1948-5614. Buddy, Bobby, and Bert: 1957-5915. Renaissance for Pittsburgh, Not the Steelers: 1960-6416. Not the Same Old Steelers--Worse: 1965-6817. Changing History: 1970-7118. 197219. Football's Promised Land: 1973-7420. Super Redux: 197521. City of Champions: 1976-7922. The Fourth Quarter: 1980-88NotesBibliographyIndex...
