Blazing Trails
Coming of Age in Football's Golden Era
Published on 1. September 2003
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-57243-538-4 (ISBN)
Description
Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey revolutionized his position in the NFL and altered the landscape of personnel moves in professional football forever with his landmark movements in free agency as the first president of the newly merged NFL-AFL National Football League Player's Association.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1-color photo inserts
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57243-538-4 (9781572435384)
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Persons
John Mackey was a professional football player and only the second tight end to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. Thom Loverro is a columnist for the Washington Times. He has won numerous local and national journalism awards throughout his career, including top honors in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists competition. He is the other of Home of the Game: The Story of Camden Yards, The Negro League Baseball Encyclopedia, and The Washington Redskins: The Authorized History. Don Shula is a former NFL player and coach who was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.