Art Rooney: A Sporting Life. Ruck, Patterson, Weber 9780803237674 New<|

Rooney\nby Rob Ruck\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rob Ruck\nTitle: Rooney\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Biography: sport\nPublisher: MQ - University of Nebraska Press\nPublication year: 2011\nISBN-13: 9780803237674\nISBN-10: 0803237677\nRRP: \u00A327.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nBorn to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901-88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in playing sports but in promoting them. This book shows how Rooney saw professional football through the Depression, World War II, the ascension of TV, and the development of the NFL.\n\nBorn to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901-88) dabbled in semipr.