Present at the creation : my life in the NFL and the rise of America's game /
Upton Bell with Ron Borges.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
On any given Sunday -- A long ride to Baltimore -- Welcome to the Colts -- The great ticket heist was my kickoff in Baltimore -- A scout's life is for Kit Carson but not for everybody -- The making of an NFL scout -- Spy vs. spy settles NFL-AFL war -- The South is burning! -- Running my own show in Baltimore -- Worst loss in the history of losses -- Some things can't be fixed -- Why did you ever come here? -- Everybody's got to serve somebody -- A new league, a second chance -- No more fish in the sea -- Scouting for QBs, the most important position in sports -- Only one Moses wore a whistle -- Out of the frying pan, into the fire -- Epilogue.
9781496204592 9781496204615
Bell, Upton.
Baltimore Colts (Football team) National Football League--History.
Football managers--Biography. Sportscasters--Biography. Sports administration.