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03457aam a2200505 i 4500 001 16C2E1EA90E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231202011859 008 230216t20232023nyua e 001 0ceng 010 $a 2023007380 020 $a 0063329093 020 $a 9780063329096 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1365608227 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ORX $d TOH $d OCLCO $d IK2 $d RNL $d IL2 $d ILC $d RB0 $d VP@ $d DYJ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV939.A1 $b F54 2023 082 00 $a 796.3320922 $2 23/eng/20230216 100 1 $a Sando, Mike, $e author. 245 14 $a The football 100 / $c Mike Sando, Dan Pompei and The Athletic NFL staff. 246 3 $a Football one hundred 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York, N.Y. : $b William Morrow, $c [2023] 263 $a 2310 300 $a xiii, 656 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a The list -- Shooting stars -- The future football 100? 520 $a "The definitive ranking of the greatest football players of all time" -- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a It is a question that has bedeviled football fans for generations: Who's the best? Of the more than 25,000 men who have suited up during the NFL's century of existence, which ones stood head and shoulders above all others? At The Athletic, home to the best newsroom in sports, this question would become a labor of love for dozens of the best football writers on the planet, including Mike Sando and Dan Pompei. Over the course of 100 riveting profiles--each drawing upon unparalleled access and superlative storytelling to offer intimate perspective on what made the greatest players tick--these writers reveal their findings. In the process, they also uncover the history of football. In the early days of the NFL, the game bore little resemblance to the product we see today. Points were scarce, the forward pass was an exotic strategic curiosity, and most players played all 60 minutes--both sides of the ball. It was on the shoulders of the many greats who starred in the League over the last century that the game of football blossomed. Each profile in The Football 100 uses the vivid narrative storytelling for which The Athletic is known to bring to life extraordinary athletic talents, tactical geniuses who changed the way the game is played, and legendary, outsized personalities. Based on many hundreds of interviews with players, coaches, broadcasters, and others, this is a penetrating look at the greatest players to ever don cleats and pads, as well as a view from the trenches of the harsh realities of a brutal game. 100 photographs throughout the text offer testament to both the glory and the physical toll of football. 650 0 $a Football players $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Football $z United States $x History. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Sports writing. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Pompei, Dan, $e author. 730 0 $a Athletic (New York, N.Y.) 941 $a 8 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010329.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011441.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20240418010247.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20240223010520.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010125.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20240104010122.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240102010525.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231202012440.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=16C2E1EA90E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search