Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
- ISBN13: 9780306817458
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Legendary chairman of the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney, tells his life story for the first time. From growing up on Pittsburgh’s notorious North Side, to vying with Johnny Unitas for top high school quarterback honors in Western Pennsylvania, from learning how to run a major sports franchise from his father, Art Rooney (“the Chief”), to helping shape the modern NFL, Rooney serves up a fascinating account of personal and profess… More >>
Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
I was really excited to get my hands on this book,and bitterly disappointed afterward. The personal stories and perceptions of Dan Rooney with such a long career. How great this book was going to be, or should have been. The two historians that wrote the book, didn’t even fact check. Aliquippa on the Mon……. in the Steel Valley???? The Johnny Unitas information was so inaccurate. Johnny didn’t call on many teams, ONLY ONE. He didn’t write the letter. The coach of the Bloomfield Rams Semi Pro team had his wife do it. Why wouldn’t you fact check???? Just two errors, but there are too many to detail (53). I’m sorry for Mr Rooney, he deserved more qualified writers. This could have been a great book.
Rating: 1 / 5
There are few people who have been around for virtually the entire history of the NFL. Dan Rooney is the last survivor of the day when men who could think past the end of their own bank account ran the league. His stories about how his father and men like Wellington Mara and George Halas made the NFL are worth the time even for non-Steeler fans. Should be a mandatory read for Jerry Jones and Dan Synder.
Rating: 3 / 5
I was very happy with the speedy delivery of this item. Condition was as promised! Very satisfied!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a very good book, but I did not appreciate the black magic marker mark on the bottom part of the book. It made it look like that book was retrieved from the garbage pile at the printers.
The book provides a very good history of the Rooney family and the Steelers.
Rating: 4 / 5
Overall, a very good book for anyone interested in the early years of the NFL and how the NFL is run from an owners perspective. If you are a fan of the Steelers and/or the city of Pittsburgh, I would highly recommend this book.
The author gives insights and tells stories about the formative years of the NFL,with firsthand knowledge about the formation of the players union, the first television contracts etc.
Mr Rooney also gives a season by season recounting of the Steelers seasons with inside information on what the management was thinking as the events unfolded.
I read the whole book in the course of 3-4 days and I found it very informative and entertaining.
Rating: 4 / 5