Present at the Creation: My Life in the NFL and the Rise of America's Game

by Upton Bell and Ron Borges

Book Overview

To understand how the NFL became the sports phenomenon it is today, you can study its history or you can live its history as an active participant. Upton Bell grew up at the knee of the NFL's first great commissioner, his father, the legendary Bert Bell, who not only saved the game from financial ruin after World War II but was one of its greatest innovators. Coining the phrase "On any given Sunday," Bert invented the pro football draft and proposed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149620039X
• ISBN13: 9781496200396
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 8.9"