1977
First Published
4.21
Average Rating
229
Number of Pages
This book was written from a tape recording that Plimpton did with former Packers and Colts center Bill Curry during a car ride up from Georgia to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where Curry was trying to make a comeback with the Packers. Curry played in the NFL from 1965 to 1974. It's a nice look back at that era of the NFL as Curry talks about coaches he played under and superstar players that he went up against. A good read for those interested in that period of NFL history. A rambling, dreamy book that captures the best parts of Paper Lion without Geo. Plimpton's more intrusive aesthete-in-the-woods asides. "Curious places, these football halls of fame. So little to put in them that gives a sense of the game. Dead men's voices...deflated footballs with the dates in white paint on them...old photographs...empty uniforms...ghostly places. The men just sucked out of those uniforms like vacuum cleaners had got to them."
Avg Rating
4.21
Number of Ratings
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Author
George Plimpton
Author · 26 books
George Ames Plimpton was an American journalist, writer, editor, actor, and gamesman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review. He was the grandson of George A. Plimpton.
