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The first biography ever written about the man who some considered the greatest commissioner in the history of professional sports

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9781592137312

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I know the book well. It's a terrific book. -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, as heard on The Sal Paolantonio Show (ESPN)

I know the book well. It's a terrific book. - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, as heard on The Sal Paolantonio Show (ESPN) Robert S. Lyons' flavorful biography captures the blustery and paternalistic Bell, portraying him as a man who worked relentlessly to keep the NFL alive and push it to thrive...[T]he book is worth reading. One has to appreciate the long string of anecdotes and colorful details Lyons has dug up. Who knew, for instance, that Bell would calm tempers at owners' meetings by taking out his false teeth and putting them in his water glass? More important, no book has detailed Bell's contributions to the NFL so thoroughly. -Philadelphia Inquirer

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For more than 35 years, Robert S. Lyons has covered professional and college sports for the Associated Press and has contributed articles to numerous national publications. He is the author of Palestra Pandemonium: A History of the Big Five, and co-author (with Ray Didinger) of The Eagles Encyclopedia (both Temple). He is the former director of the La Salle University News Bureau, editor of the university's alumni magazine, and an instructor in the school's Communications Department.

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