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

Autor*innen

• Kevin Cook

Parameter

• 304 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Fußball
• Geschichte
• Sachliteratur
• Sport

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The narrative explores the transformation of professional football from the gritty, grassroots era of the 1970s to the polished, high-stakes environment of the 1980s. Through interviews with iconic players like Franco Harris and Joe Montana, it captures their on-field heroics and off-field antics. The book highlights coaches like John Madden and Bill Walsh, who shaped the game during this pivotal decade, while reflecting on the physical toll the sport exacted on its players. Cook illustrates the NFL's evolution into a multibillion-dollar entertainment powerhouse.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Einband: Paperback