NFL: 100 Years
RIGHTS: WORLD ENGLISH
● ● E D I T E D BY R O B F L E D E R ● I N T R O D U C T I O N BY R OY B LO U N T, J R .
An authorized visual history of America’s most popular sport
S E LLING POINTS ●● The NFL is one of the world’s most popular sports. It is
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watched by at least 200 million imed to coincide with the National Football League’s 100th anniversary, NFL: 100 Years
people in the United States alone
celebrates the history of America’s most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble
every year, representing more
beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments
than 80% of total U.S. television
and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to
viewers and more than 60% of
the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it
the 2018 population
grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful
●● The opportunities for marketing
photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL:
this book to a large audience
100 Years will be cherished by every football fan, new or old.
are abundant, as the book is authorized and coincides with the
Rob Fleder was executive editor of Sports Illustrated and the editor of its related books during his
NFL’s yearlong 100th anniversary
tenure at Time Inc. Among the books he edited are Sports Illustrated 50: The Anniversary Book and
celebration
Sports Illustrated: The Football Book. Currently editing books and consulting on publishing projects
●● A luxurious package makes this
for his company, Low Gear & Minus, Inc., Fleder lives in Westchester, New York. Roy Blount Jr.’s 1973
book an ideal gift for football
book, About Three Bricks Shy and the Load Filled Up (expanded version) was called “the classic of
fans everywhere
American football writing, and a book that deserves a place on the short shelf of the cracked masterpieces of New Journalism” by Dwight Garner in 2014 in the New York Times. Blount is a former writer for Sports Illustrated, contributor to many other publications, and author of 24 books in all.
S PECIFICATIONS 300 color photographs 304 pages WIDTH: 9¾" • 248mm HEIGHT: 12" • 305mm Hardcover with jacket PUB MONTH: SEPTEMBER SPORTS • HISTORY ISBN ISBN: 978-1-4197-3859-3 978-1-4197-3859-3 US $50.00 CAN $63.00 UK 5 5£40.00 000 9 781419 738593
ISBN 978-1-68335-656-1
ALSO AVAIL AB LE
US Open ISBN 978-1-4197-3218-8 ISBN 978-1-4197-3218-8 US $50.00 CAN $63.00 UK £40.00
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