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Title: The Making of the Super Bowl : The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event by Don Weiss, Chuck Day, Jeff Miller ISBN: 0-07-139505-9 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, as far as it goes
Comment: Weiss pretty much ran the Super Bowl from the NFL offices for its first ten years or so. A close advisor to Pete Rozelle, he was certainly on the inside as the NFL transformed from a league less important than college football to today's juggernaut.
This book is strongest in the years 1966-70, the first few Super Bowls, the time of the merger. Weiss gives us almost blow by blow action during this time. After that (and the book is very loosely structured to disguise this) there is some info about the Seventies Super Bowls, and almost none (except for "My favorite years", and some topical references to 9/11) after that, when Weiss was no longer responsible for the running of the Super Bowl. So while the book is billed as a history of the Super Bowl, it is more a history of the first four or five than anything else, with a few later anecdotes. There are plenty of anecdotes, if that is what you're looking for. Oh, and you'll find that Super Bowl III is given the full treatment you'd expect.
Weiss is an NFL insider, and clearly an NFL loyalist as well. The late Pete Rozelle comes across larger than life in this book. While he was a great man and a great commissioner, he doesn't seem human, as recorded by Weiss. Other NFL loyalists (Tex Schramm, for example), get similar treatment, while those less loyal to Rozelle (Al Davis, for example), get the tear down treatment. The Raiders' Super Bowl wins when the league was in the midst of litigation aren't mentioned (and the lawsuits only by allusion). Maybe this would have made Davis look too good? Yet those moments in the locker room, with Rozelle forced to pass the Lombardi Trophy to his litigation opponent, were fascinating for the fan (who doesn't have Weiss's access) to watch. They aren't mentioned.
It's a decent book, and an enjoyable read. But for one looking for a history of this NFL era, read a selection of books, from the rabblerousing "The League" to more loyalist treatments like this, to get a full perspective. There really isn't an unbiased treatment I'd recommend.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Making of the Super Bowl
Comment: I know Mr.Weiss in fact he is a good friend of mine and my families. He has taught me a lot about the Super Bowl. He has also sent the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl programs to my family. He has written a masterpiece. It is very intriguing, and since he was there he gives you all the inside information about the war between the AFC and the NFC. You wouldn't believe what happened in this war of the two leagues. This is one of the best books I have ever read and I recommend it to everyone.
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Title: Going Long : The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football League In the Words of Those Who Lived by Jeff Miller ISBN: 0071418490 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 24 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:NFL Films - Super Bowl Collections - Super Bowl I-X ASIN: B0000C8AO4 Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $64.92 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $58.43 |
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Title: Bloody Sundays : Inside the Dazzling, Rough-and-Tumble World of the NFL by Mike Freeman ISBN: 0060089199 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Official 2003 National Football League Record & Fact Book (Official National Football League Record and Fact Book) by NFL, National Football League ISBN: 0761131485 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Pro Football Guide 2003 : The Ultimate 2003 Season Reference by Sporting News ISBN: 0892047070 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Distributed Products Pub. Date: 13 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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