Download e-book for kindle: Hugh Culverhouse and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: How a by Denis M. Crawford

By Denis M. Crawford

ISBN-10: 0786465166

ISBN-13: 9780786465163

From 1976 till 1994, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers misplaced way more video games than they received. The Bucs’ prestige as a wearing punch line belied the truth that they have been led by way of arguably crucial proprietor of that period. often called the “Vice-Commissioner,” Hugh F. Culverhouse, Sr., wielded his monetary acumen as a weapon, holding different NFL vendors in line in the course of the monetary downturn of the Nineteen Eighties, paintings stoppages, and a multimillion buck lawsuit from a rival league. Culverhouse’s near–Dickensian frugality additionally led, at once and not directly, to the Steve Young–Joe Montana quarterback controversy; Doug Williams’ triumph in tremendous Bowl XXII; and the most important fourth-quarter cave in in NFL historical past. Over dozen interviews with Culverhouse’s allies and adversaries tell this thorough and balanced chronicle of the fellow and his team.

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