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The Football Books

The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever
by Frank Gifford, Peter Richmond
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» With all his years of outstanding media work, it may have been easy to forget that Frank Gifford was an outstanding running back on some of the best New York Giants teams in the history of the NFL.
» Written in an engaging and conversational style, The Glory Game by Frank Gifford and Peter Richmond chronicles the epic 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. Even...

» If you love pro football, this is a must read.

If you ever watched Frank Gifford on Monday Night Football, you know that he showed a respect and love for football that separated him from...

» Frank Gifford did a highly credible job of completing this project while honoring the memory of David Halberstam. He deserves credit, not only for loyalty to Halberstam but for a most enjoyable recou...

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According to Frank Gifford, even those who played in the NFL championship game in 1958 did not realize that it would later be widely viewed as the greatest game ever played. He acknowledges tha...

Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
by Jeff Pearlman
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» Book felt very choppy...not a good flow and nothing of great substance. It's an entertaining read if you don't like the Cowboys (I'm an Eagles' fan...I know, it's sad). So, I would just stick with ...

» This is a pretty entertaining book, but throughout reading it I kept feeling like it could have been better. I can't exactly put my finger on it, but I think fundamentally the book just lacks a certa...

» Did you know that the alternate title to this piece was "How to do Coke and Act Normal"? I know, pretty cool huh?

I liked the book so much that I set it on fire and prayed to the great Na...

» Jeff Pearlman, author of a terrific Barry Bonds biography and a book about the 1986 Mets, does a great job of profiling the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. Even if(like me) you hate the Cowboys you should read ...

» Pretty good synopsis of the High Flying Cowboys of the 90"s. I felt it was a little disjointed in parts. If you aren't a faithful follower of the Cowboys, you might not understand some of the referen...

War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of U...
by Michael Rosenberg
Amazon Price: $17.81
Customer Reviews:
» I had the great pleasure of hearing WW Hayes speak at my high school some 40 years ago. I expected to be dazzled with football talk, but to my surprise, Woody only mentioned football as an afterthoug...

» I thoroughly enjoyed this fast pased look at two coaching giants, their battles on the field, and what life was like on the respective campuses during their reigns. Terrific job by author Michael Ros...

» There is no rivalry in all of sport greater than the Michigan - Ohio State rivalry. Mr. Rosenberg has written a superb chronicle of the 10 greatest years of that great rivalry. Bo Schembechler and Woo...

» First and foremost, It would be unfair of me to fail to mention that I am a Buckeye- born of two proud graduates of THE Ohio State University. That said, I want to say that this book is a heart warmin...

» The story of sports is not in a vacuum and Michael Rosenberg does an outstanding job in delving into a pair of coaches in one of the college gridiron's most bitter rivalries during a tumultuous time i...

How Football Explains America
by Sal Paolantonio
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Reviews:
» This is an entertaining and enlightening book that will change the way you think about football. You'll learn about the introduction of the quarterback position. You'll learn how the early pioneers in...

» A great new book. An excellent new book. A magnificent theme.

This book should be used in history classes throughout the United States. Sal Paolantonio shows how th...

» At least Sal Paolantonio didn't rip off the title of one of the great soccer books of recent memory. Oh, wait. What's next, Sal, Fever Pitch?

» How Football Explains America is a fast-paced highlight reel of the game's first two violent centuries. Narrator Sal Paolantonio pauses the action to explain the mental side of the game -- the pioneer...

» It's easy to answer any number of questions about America's (real) national pasttime: What is it about the game that so captivates people every Sunday? Why do 100 million people watch the Super Bowl ...

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
Amazon Price: $10.19
Customer Reviews:
» I study the Bible alot, but ever time I take the test, I get an F. Am I going to hell, Jeff Saturday?

» I think it's worth it for any sports fan to read. The information about football, the authors' life, and his opinions were written in a way that kept the book interesting to me. There were times when ...

» My men's group found this study to be a good one for us. While the questions are important and make each individual think about how they themselves must answer, the book is written in a way that it do...

» Very good book, a great man in the public view, not affraid to express his beliefs.

» Whether it be at the high school, college, or professional levels of football, the common image of a football head coach is a big, tough, ruffian of a man who lives and dies by his team each week and ...

The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life
by Jim Tressel, Chris Fabry, John Maxwell
Amazon Price: $16.49
Customer Reviews:
» The SEC is my favorite football conference, but I wanted to read this book. Jim Tressel shows readers that there is more to his life than football after reading this book. Chris Fabry collaborated w...

» This book is one of two books that I will use as a reference for self improvement. It was a great "how to be your best" guide. I loved the numerous anecdotes and inspiring quotes. I especially love...

» This book provides much insite into not only Coach Tressels' program and philosophy, but also illuminates many reasons why OSU is able to attract so many quality recruits to their school. With pressu...

» Not one to buy positive motivational books I gave this one a try because I admire the author. There is a load of ideas one could adapt for personal use in this book. he author does not try and sell yo...

» I almost stopped reading this book after the first hour because I was afraid I would have to rethink my perspective.
I might have to change my ways.
I'm going to set some life changing goa...

Running for My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond
by Warrick Dunn, Don Yaeger
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» When the first page of the first chapter of a book takes the reader on a trip to *DEATH-ROW-AT-ANGOLA-STATE-PRISON-IN-LOUISIANA* you can be sure you're not at the beginning of a typical sports book! T...

» As one who is a huge Warrick Dunn fan, and who has closely followed him through his collegiate and profesional career, I was eager to read his autobiography. For those few who do not know, Dunn's mot...

Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book
by Editors of Sports Illustrated
Amazon Price: $18.16
Customer Reviews:
» Great gift idea for the college football fan in your life. Some wonderful new essays by SI staff to go along with many classic SI articles, and, of course, dozens and dozens of terrific photos. I re...

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
by Michael Lewis
Amazon Price: $11.16
Customer Reviews:
» Reading the jacket blurb, one would think that The Blind Side is the football version of Moneyball - full of insights into a new approach to running a football team. And there is a little of that, as ...

» As a person who loves sports but does not have in-depth knowledge of football (nor the patience to read a die-hard Football 101 history book!), this was a great read - both educational & entertaining....

» Lewis has always been great at dissecting the strategies people use in sports and business. Business is a big part of big football. And so are the people. As the story unfolds you will be impressed...

» I loved Michael Lewis' Moneyball, and per the suggestion of a friend I picked up The Blind Side. While Moneyball was excellent, The Blind Side may have just topped it.

Michael Lewis ha...

» First to give you full disclosure I'm a University of Georgia (UGA)Ball Fan. In the South "Ball" means just one thing, football. Does your son play ball has only one meaning, unless you are a Tech fa...

The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
by Mark Bowden
Amazon Price: $15.64
Customer Reviews:
» The 1958 NFL Championship Game is and always will be the starting point for any discussion about the birth of modern pro football. While some consider it the greatest game ever played, I think an arg...

» I really never knew much about pre-Super Bowl era football except for what I've read on the Vince Lombardi coached the Packers (and his bio is fantastic BTW). This account really gives a nice history ...

» Mark Bowden has written some amazing and riveting works of non-fiction and would certainly rate in the top five of anyone today but this work really does not do his prior great writing justice. Basic...

» I enjoyed reading this book about a key turning point in the history of the NFL. Once the college game was more popular, but starting around the time of this game the NFL took over the nation's intere...

» In recent times, using the adjective "best" in the title of a book about a sporting event has been used liberally. A golf match, the seventh game of the World Series and the NCAA basketball championsh...