NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America’s Greatest Sports League Audiobook (Free)

In the former professional director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL’s 100th anniversary season.

“I can think about nobody better qualified-or even more enthusiastic-to chronicle the National Football League’s century-long background than Joe Horrigan.”-Marv Levy, Hall of Popularity NFL coach

The NFL has come a long way from its founding in Canton, Ohio, in 1920. In the century since that fateful day time, about NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America’s Greatest Sports activities League football is becoming America’s most well-known and lucrative professional sport. The former scrappy upstart group that struggled to remain afloat offers survived a host of challenges-the Great Major depression and World War II, controversies and scandals, fights over labor privileges and competition from rival leagues-to create American icons like Vince Lombardi, Joe Montana, and Tom Brady. It is an extraordinary and entertaining history that could be informed only by Joe Horrigan, previous executive director of the Pro Soccer Hall of Popularity and perhaps the greatest living historian of the NFL, by drawing upon decades of NFL archives. Engaging, eye-opening, and authoritative, NFL Hundred years is certainly a must-read for NFL supporters and anyone who enjoys the game of football.

Advance compliment for NFL Hundred years

“Joe Horrigan calls for the audience on a delightful tour from the seminal occasions of the NFL in the past one hundred years-the players, owners, coaches, professionals, and historical events that made the overall game of football typically the most popular in the us. It’s an excellent walk down memory lane for any soccer fan, youthful or previous.”-Michael Lombardi, author of Gridiron Genius

“There is no one-and I mean no one-who knows more approximately the history of the NFL than Joe Horrigan, the core from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As the gold standard of sports leagues celebrates its one hundredth season, it’s appropriate that the gold standard of sports activities historians has written NFL Century, an interesting and educational journey.”-Gary Myers, NY Times bestselling author of Brady vs Manning