Terry Bradshaw

From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality

Brett L. Abrams (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7763-2 (ISBN)

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This book examines Terry Bradshaw’s celebrity status that has grown and developed through years of interacting with football fans and the larger U.S. culture. It covers his early years playing football, his growing status as an icon with the Pittsburgh Steelers, his career in broadcasting, and his forays into country music, television, and movies.

Terry Bradshaw made a name for himself as the star quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning four Super Bowls and twice earning the MVP award. Beyond his athletic success, Bradshaw has established himself as a true cultural icon through his ventures into television, movies, and music.

In Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality, Brett L. Abrams details the many personas of this larger-than-life entertainer. Not satisfied with “just” being a star quarterback, Bradshaw became an actor, commercial pitchman, country western and gospel singer, color commentator, and NFL pregame co-host. In addition to covering Bradshaw’s life and career, Abrams discusses the stereotypes Bradshaw faced and his ability to turn those preconceived notions into a positive, likeable, “down home” image that enabled him to find success across the entertainment industries. Ultimately, Bradshaw has become not only an iconic sports figure, but a cultural icon, as well.

Terry Bradshaw delivers a new and refreshing look at one of football’s most-recognized athletes. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with coaches, friends, coworkers, and football fans, this book illuminates Bradshaw’s celebrity status in the context of nearly 50 years of interacting with football fans and the larger American pop culture.

Brett L. Abrams is archivist of electronic records in Washington, DC. He is a cultural and urban historian whose previous books include Hollywood Bohemians: Transgressive Sexuality and the Selling of the Movieland Dream (2008), Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, D.C. (2009), and The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball (2012).

Preface
Introduction: Terry Bradshaw in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 1: Born In the Bayou: Making Heroes
Chapter 2: The Bradshaw Image: Moses v. Li’l Abner
Chapter 3: Two Golden Rings: Becoming the Leading Man
Chapter 4: Two More Golden Rings: Taking Center Stage
Chapter 5: Little bit Country & Little bit Gospel: Old School Southern Singer
Chapter 6: From Advertising to Acting: Being a Good Old Boy
Chapter 7: Leaving It On the Field: Hero Digs Deep
Chapter 8: Press Box View: The Colorful Unfiltered Commentator
Chapter 9: Studio Analysis and Hijinks: Playing “Terry Bradshaw”
Chapter 10: Host, Guest Star & Commercials: Zany Uncle Terry

Conclusion: Sports Icons and Celebrity Entertainers
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 237 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-4422-7763-7 / 1442277637
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-7763-2 / 9781442277632
Zustand	Neuware