Wellington: The Maras, the Giants, and the City of New York

by Carlo DeVito

Overview

Wellington: The Maras, the Giants, and the City of New York by Carlo DeVito (Foreword by Sam Huff) is the definitive biography of Wellington Mara—one of the longest-serving, most highly-accomplished and well-respected owners in professional sports. He was a pioneer for the NFL and understood what it took to make the entire league great.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617493935
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	331,245
File size:	581 KB

About the Author

Carlo DeVito is a publishing executive and the author of the critically acclaimed Yogi: The Life and Times of an American Original, as well as biographies on Wellington Mara and D. Wayne Lucas. He lives in Ghent, New York. Sam Huff is a former linebacker for the New York Giants and an inductee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Editorial Reviews

A biography of this recently deceased NFL patriarch is overdue. Wellington Mara was a boy when his bookmaker father bought an NFL franchise for New York. Thus began Mara's 80-year relationship with the Giants. DeVito's (The Ultimate Dictionary of Sports Quotations) work is also a biography of Mara's father and brother and an inside history of the Giants. There are some rough spots in the writing, but this essential figure in pro football history is portrayed honestly, thoroughly, and enjoyably. Also for academic libraries.. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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