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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Freedman, Lewis.     Subjects     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.     American Football League -- History.     National Football League -- History.     Football -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Professional sports -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Freedman, Lewis.       by title:      Clouds over the goal...       by call number:      796.33264 F853cL     Search the Web     Freedman, Lewis.     Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.     American Football League -- History.     National Football League -- History.     Football -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Professional sports -- United States.       MARC Display

Clouds over the goalpost : gambling, assassination, and the NFL in 1963 / Lew Freedman. by Freedman, Lewis. Sports Publishing, [2013] Call #: 796.33264 F853cL Subjects Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.   American Football League -- History.   National Football League -- History.   Football -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Professional sports -- United States. ISBN:  9781613213988 (hc.) 1613213980 (hc.) Description:  327 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Halas aims at the Packers -- The Golden Boy and Mongo sent to the woodshed -- "Big Daddy" Lipscomb -- Football at last -- Bears-Packers I -- A Pro Football Hall of Fame -- Bears on a roll -- The other guys -- Bears on fire -- Packers on a streak -- Bears-Packers II -- Defense as a weapon -- JFK assassinated -- Jimmy Brown and the rest of the gang -- The AFL in '63 -- No easy games -- No go in Greeen Bay -- Bears-Giants, 1956 -- The AFL Championship game -- Halas back in title game -- The champs. Summary:  "The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. Months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended. Even worse, in May, one of the league's bigger-than-life personalities, Big Daddy Lipscomb, was found dead, with police saying he perished from a heroin overdose. The war for players and prestige raged with the upstart American Football League trying to obtain equal footing in the public eye. On the field, the Chicago Bears and their aging owner-coach George Halas knew glory once more, fighting off the latest dynasty Green Bay Packers led by Vince Lombardi in a season-long chase for the Western Division title. Even that was overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While the nation mourned and other sports leagues suspended activity, the NFL played on with its regular season that sad weekend-- a choice commissioner Pete Rozelle later called the worst mistake of his tenure"--from publisher's web site. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.33264 F853cL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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