Rooney: A Sporting Life

Rob Ruck · Maggie Jones Patterson · Michael P. Weber

Apr 2010 · U of Nebraska Press

About this ebook

The first authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, this book is both a critical chapter in the story of football in America and a thoroughly engaging in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports.

Ratings and reviews

My grandfather was Wm P. McCole, Art Rooney's partner. The story that came down to me as a child was that Rooney and McCole were 50/50 partners, and if Rooney split his shares,then they were his shares. I remember the check for $3000.00 from Rooney to my grandfather framed in my gram's house years later in the late 60's.The reason it was framed is because the check was paid off via cash piecemeal. My Gfather didn't think pro football would be a hit. It took 40 years for Rooney's vision to pay off. And the rest is history!!

I bought this book several years ago. I don't know why it's reviewed so poorly, but I thought it was an interesting biography of Pittsburgh's most beloved sports personality.