Bronko: The Legendary Story of the Nfl’’s Greatest Two-Way Fullback

Bronko is the definitive biography of NFL legend Bronko Nagurski. A small-town athlete from the plains of Minnesota, Bronko became one of the greatest players in NFL history. He led the Chicago Bears to success on the gridiron as a larger-than-life personality, helping raise the popularity of the fledgling league during the Great Depression.

Chris Willis is the head of the Research Library at NFL Films. He is the author of multiple books on professional football, including A Nearly Perfect Season: The Inside Story of the 1984 San Francisco 49ers; Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL’s Most Famous Traveling Team; and Red Grange: The Life and Legacy of the NFL’s First Superstar, all published by Rowman & Littlefield. Willis was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 for his work on the HBO documentary The Game of Their Lives and won an Emmy in 2016 for his work on HBO’s Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Houston Texans. He was awarded the Professional Football Researchers Association’s Ralph Hay award for lifetime achievement in pro football research and historiography in 2012.