NFL Football: A History of America's New National Pastime

Title Page, About the Series, Copyright

NFL Football Crepeau_text.indd 1 7/1/14 11:29 AM Sport and Society Series Editors Randy Roberts Aram Goudsouzian Founding Editors Benjamin G. Rader Randy Roberts A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. Crepeau_text.indd 2 7/1/14 11:29 AM NFL Football A History of America’s New National Pastime Richard C. Crepeau University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield Crepeau_text.indd 3 7/1/14 11:29 AM © 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crepeau, Richard C., 1941– NFL football : a history of America’s new national pastime / Richard C. Crepeau. pages cm — (Sport and society) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978–0–252–03289–9 (hardback) — isbn 978–0–252–08020–3 (paperback) — isbn 978–0–252–09653–2 (e-book) 1. National Football League—History. 2. Football— United States—History. I. Title. gv955.5.n35c74  2014 796.332'6406—dc23  2014007470 Crepeau_text.indd 4 7/1/14 11:29 AM publication completed with a pass from Figure Foundation Crepeau_text.indd 5 7/1/14 11:29 AM Crepeau_text.indd 6 7/1/14 11:29 AM ...