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9781572434370

When the Clock Runs Out 20 NFL Greats Share Their Stories of Hardship and Triumph

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  • ISBN13:

    9781572434370

  • ISBN10:

    1572434376

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Triumph Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $17.01

Summary

Twenty-five NFL greats share their own personal stories of struggle and triumph about what it has been like to retire from the sport they love. Photos.

Author Biography

Bill Lyon has been a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 27 years, is the author of several books, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He has won more than 80 national and state awards, including 11 Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year awards, and he has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize five times. Cynthia Zordich is a professional photographer and the wife of former NFL cornerback and safety Mike Zordich.

Table of Contents

Foreword Blowing Air Into the Bubble xiii
Cynthia Zordich
Introduction Letting Go 1(14)
Bill Lyon
Rocky's Road
15(16)
The Rocky Bleier Story
Concrete Charlie
31(18)
The Chuck Bednarik Story
Amazing Grace
49(14)
The Pat Summerall Story
The Friend
63(16)
The Tom Brookshier Story
Hollywood
79(14)
The Thomas Henderson Story
The American Dream
93(14)
The Vai Sikahema Story
The Zen Warrior
107(12)
The Ronnie Lott Story
Ray Bob and the .38
119(14)
The Ray Rhodes Story
Fallen
133(16)
The Ron Wolfley Story
The Natural
149(14)
The John Brodie Story
Life Sentence
163(14)
The Johnny Sample Story
Jaws
177(14)
The Ron Jaworski Story
Great Expectations
191(14)
The Bill Fralic Story
Tall Ain't All
205(14)
The Stump Mitchell Story
Clotheslines and Yorkies
219(16)
The Tommy McDonald Story
Brain Surgeons and Long Snappers
235(14)
The Todd Christensen Story
Hands of the Hawk
249(14)
The Larry Wilson Story
The Oak and the Cypress
263(12)
The Kimberly Lewis Story
The Zipper Club
275(12)
The Dan Reeves Story
Bears and Grabowskis
287
The Mike Ditka Story

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