NFL 100: A Century of Pro Football

by National Football League, Peyton Manning (Foreword), Rob Fleder (Editor)

An authorized visual history of America’s most popular sport
 
Timed to coincide with the National Football League’s 100th anniversary, NFL: 100 Years celebrates the history of America’s most popular and highly watched sport. From its humble beginnings in Canton, Ohio, to its emergence as a sport cherished by millions, all the key moments and famous athletes are honored within the pages of this handsomely produced book. In addition to the lively text, and action and portrait photography, the story of the game and the context in which it grew are animated by original lists, charts, creative statistics, and infographics, along with beautiful photos of the evolving equipment and artifacts essential to the story of the sport. A perfect gift, NFL: 100 Years will be cherished by every football fan, new or old.
 

Genres: Sports, Football, Nonfiction, History

288 pages, Hardcover

Published September 3, 2019

About the author

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966. Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the rival American Football League (AFL), the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970

Reviews

[Jack Chaucer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Colorful vignettes, characters and photos from the first century of the NFL. A 100-yard, 100-year trip through time. Touchdown!

[LadyS · Rating 4 out of 5]

For what it's worth I enjoyed this book but it has one glaring stain

This book featured players and stories that we would be remiss if we didn't mention them. It explored the best players at every position and coaches who made a difference.
The quarterbacks were saved for last. YEs the Greats were included like the Montana's and Elways, etc

Imagine having a book where an honorable mention is made to
Tom brady(no duh)
Drew Brees...
Nick Foles…..um NICK FOLES??? okay fine, he did beat the GOAT in the SB
The manning brothers...
Philip Rivers...
Patrick Mahomeboy… (the chosen one)
Aaron Rodgers..

but NO Russell Wilson. How is Wilson suspiciously absent from a mention + pic from the Quarterbacks list? how can a football aficionado make this egregious ERROR???? it is unforgivable!


As I stated, i still enjoyed the book. It was a perfect way to celebrate along with Chief fans in the NFL's 100th year.

[Courtney Fraser · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 stars is because it had 3 major errors that I noticed. The first was ei seasons instead of eight seasons, the second was on the page about Ray Lewis it said he won 1 Super Bowl but he won 2 Super Bowls. The third was saying Leavland Browns instead of Cleveland Browns.

[S.C in AZ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am completely biased, so take my review with a grain of salt: I love football. Absolutely adore it. So this huge coffee table book full of stories and quotes, history and anecdotes with amazing photography completely floats my boat.

[mikaela (spinebreaker)]

Because I love football

[Ryan Howell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick historical account of the last 100 years of the NFL. Small excerpts about the legends that made the sports great.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures were cool, and a lot of the history is fun to look at, but it really is just a coffee table book you flip through for ten minutes and never look at again. Kids into football will enjoy the pictures and it should open up some conversation about how the game used to be. Beyond that, it has little staying power, and since the NFL is behind the book everything is pretty whitewashed.

I didn't see anything about missed calls, terrible football video games, gambling (or fantasy football), steroids, domestic violence, racism, kneeling, obnoxious fans, or concussions.

I once loved football. I played, watched, and coached the game pretty fanatically, but we can't ignore the bad that comes with the game. Now that I'm a father, I don't want my son playing the game, and I hope the NFL folds in the next 20 years.

[Dan Shonka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have all three of these NFL benchmark books: The First 50 Years, 75 Seasons, and now NFL: 100 Years. They are all great for a football fan, especially one with a history bent. The writing is good in each, mostly quick interesting bios or memories. There are nifty graphs, timelines, and pictorial blurbs like those you might find in a USA Today newspaper. But, in every one of these books, the photos are the superstars. Feast for the eyes is cliche, but for a football fan it really applies here. I'd highly recommend it. (My brother's copy has a dubious inscription proclaiming him a genius of prognostication in the arena of the oblong spheroid. I lost a bet.)

[Russ Bertetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great coffee table book. The great pictures combined with the stories of the NFL's past make this a must for any football fan. My favorite parts were the contemporaneous stories of the great players, coaches, games and plays in NFL. They were so much more enjoyable than reading about them from a vantage point of 5, 10 or more years later.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a fairly new neutral fan of the NFL I really enjoyed this book. It doesn't go too in depth into the running of the leagues and difficulties in the start (highly recommend NFL century by joe horrigan if you are interested in that side of things) but does take a look at the players who made impacts on the league over the last 100 years. Definitely helped scratch the itch until the season starts

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A large, coffee-table style book. It's a decade by decade overview of the 100 years of the NFL, with articles either from the decade in focus or about the key players and teams of the era. Any fan of the NFL should enjoy paging through this.

[Debbie Smyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love football. I just do. This book has fantastic pictures from NFL films, stats and narratives from a number of football/sports books. A beautiful cocktail book with beautiful men inside. Happy 100, NFL 🏈

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great read for football fans! It was like taking a walk down memory lane.

[BookWizard · Rating 4 out of 5]

for all the football lovers out there

[David Vinther · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty awesome book if you're a fan of the history of the NFL. Tons of photos from every decade of the game, lots of articles and stories pulled from the era each of their subjects lived in, and a pretty good amount of data and stats to go over as well. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because I was kinda expecting more from this book. I would have loved a year-by-year breakdown of every season, stories, standings, the draft for a particular year once they started having one. Just...more...I felt that for a book about the history of the league, they could've done more. There's a book I got as a kid that was written in 1986 called 50 Years of NFL Excitement about the history of the league to that point, and that was and is one of my favorite books, especially sports related books...I felt like that book had more year-by-year data than this one.

[Marc Brueggemann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a delight to read and reflect on the first 100 years of NFL history. In every chapter, there are tidbits and facts about how much money it cost to build the Stadiums, how the NFL impacted television, and even how much it cost to create an NFL franchise. But it's not just that, it's also a celebration of the many players, coaches, executives, and great moments that have made what the NFL is today. I highly recommend putting this in your sports library.

[Wyatt McCann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because it was like a little history lesson through time in the NFL and it showed some great stories about former players. I wouldn’t give it a 5 star rating because sports isn’t for everyone so this book wouldn’t appeal to others. But for the people who do enjoy sports, it is a great book with great photos of the past and present.

[Cat. · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be fair, I only looked at the photos and read a scant few of the articles here, but the photos are fantastic and the stories I did read were great. Great pages of stats for each decade are included too, which is fun.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

was a very good book and really enjoyed it.

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great detail on the first 100 years of the NFL. I dropped 1 star for the lack of Ben Roethlisberger mentions.

[Liam Coyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must own for any Football Fan and I knew Tom Brady would make the Quarterback list