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

by Upton Bell and Ron Borges

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.

Present at the Creation details Bell's firsthand experiences, which started as he watched his father draw up the league schedule each year at the kitchen table using dominoes. There he learned the importance of parity, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496217039
• ISBN13: 9781496217035
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 8.9"