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The Heisman: Great American Stories of the Men Who Won

Autor Bill Pennington
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2005
Close your eyes and picture the
Heisman Trophy. The form is easy
to conjure, a graceful, fluid pose
that is football past and football present
in one dignified figure ...
The story of the Heisman Trophy
is an american epic.
-- from the Preface
No sport in America can match the pageantry, raw emotion, and thrilling tradition of college football. It is a world in which a twenty-year-old kid can become a national sensation overnight, in which coaches are deified and rivalries burn white-hot.
And in this world, there is no individual award so revered as the Heisman Trophy. Every yearsince 1935, one player has run, thrown, or kicked his way into the pantheon of American sport. From Nile "The Cornbelt Comet" Kinnick in the '30s, West Point's legendary backfield of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis in the '40s, and Paul Hornung in the '50s to Ernie Davis, the Jackie Robinson of college football, miracle worker Doug Flutie, and modern-day Sunday warrior Eddie George, the history of the Heisman gives us insight into the heart of America through the lives of the heroes that entranced an entire nation for one brilliant season. Extraordinary in ways that transcend athletic ability, Heisman winners have gone on to become war heroes, Fortune 500 CEOs, and high-level politicians.
As John Heisman himself once said, the Heisman Trophy "is meant to exemplify the grandeur of a thousand men." Here within these pages are intimate portraits of some of the winners who also exemplify the grit and glory of America's beloved game and of the coaching giants such as Bear Bryant, Woody Hayes, and Red Blaik, who inspired the winners to achieve.Told in the evocative words of Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist Bill Pennington, their heart-stopping experiences on the field and off will have Americans enthralled until the final page is turned.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780060554729
ISBN-10: 006055472X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția It Books

Notă biografică

Bill Pennington spent all of his formative years on a North Lancashire Farm and was well versed in all matters farming, country pursuits and pastimes, by the time he left home at the age of sixteen to pursue a career in engineering, which he did successfully, spending virtually all of his working life in the power generation industry. However, his heart has always remained in the countryside and the pursuits carried out therein. He has been a regular contributor to many of the major game fishing and shooting magazines over many years and although he wouldn't accept it, he is recognised as an expert in many aspects associated with these pursuits. He is also a qualified game fishing and shooting instructor and has represented England in clay pigeon shooting.