The Fire Within

by Taylor, Jim; Setting Clark, Kristine; Starr, Bart

• ISBN13: 9781600783449
• ISBN10: 1600783449
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

The Fire Within is the first autobiography of Jim Taylor, whose very name conjures unforgettable memories of a magical time in Green Bay. Written with NFL sportswriter Dr. Kristine Setting Clark, The Fire Within reveals a man and a team that captured the imagination of gridiron fans of the 1960s and continue to be celebrated today.

Author Biography

Jim Taylor is a former NFL running back who was named the league’s Most Valuable Player in 1962. He was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame in 1976. Kristine Setting Clark is a feature writer for the San Francisco 49ers' and Dallas Cowboys' Gameday magazines. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including A Cowboy's Life; Legends of the Hall: the Fabulous Fifties; Nothing Comes Easy and Undefeated, United, and Uninvited. Bart Starr a former NFL quarterback who was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls. He was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame in 1977.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Early Years
Nothing Was Easy	p. 3
Helping Out Mama	p. 6
My Love of sports	p. 10
LSU	p. 12
The Green Bay Packers
Coach Ray ôScooterö McLean	p. 17
The Italian from Brooklyn	p. 25
Controlled Violence-That's Football!	p. 28
The Packers Sweep-Lombardi's Signature Play	p. 35
A Quarterback Controversy	p. 38
The Dawn of a New Decade	p. 42
Don't Worry About It-It's Just Nitschke	p. 44
Starr Gets the Call	p. 46
The Rookie-Willie Wood	p. 50
Ray Nitschke, the Death of Jack Vainisi, and Linebacker Bill George	p. 52
Setting Our Sights on the championship	p. 56
The 1960 Championship Game: Green Bay at Philadelphia, December 26, 1960	p. 58
Road to the World Championship	p. 62
The Running Back Matchup-Taylor vs. Brown	p. 67
President Kennedy and Coach Lombardi vs. the U.S. Army	p. 69
The 1961 Championship Game: New York at Green Bay, December 31, 1961	p. 73
1962: A Season to Remember	p. 79
The Turkey Day Massacre	p. 86
The 1962 Championship Game: Green Bay at New York, December 30, 1962	p. 92
Scandal in the NFL	p. 96
The College All-Star Game	p. 98
A Three-Peat?	p. 100
Lost Dreams of a Championship	p. 102
The Magic Was Slipping Away	p. 104
Winning Isn't Everything-It's the Only Thing!	p. 106
The 1965 Playoffs: Baltimore at Green Bay, December 26,1965	p. 110
The 1965 Championship Game: Cleveland at Green Bay, January 2, 1966	p. 112
The Winds of Change	p. 116
My Final Year in the Green and Gold	p. 118
The 1966 Championship Game: Green Bay at Dallas, January 1, 1967	p. 121
Super Bowl I: Green Bay vs. Kansas City, January 15, 1967	p. 123
characters, Heroes, and Great Leading Men	p. 126
From Green Bay to New Orleans
The Beginning of the End	p. 145
1967 New Orleans Saints-the Inaugural Year	p. 148
New Orleans Saints News Release-Jim Taylor Retires	p. 150
From Players to Front Office	p. 152
Life after Football
ABC's Wide World of Sports Superstars Competition	p. 157
The Hall of Fame-a Day I will Never Forget	p. 159
HOF Congratulatory Messages	p. 164
My Sky Goddes	p. 166
The Worst Day of My Life	p. 168
In Retrospect	p. 170
Giving Back	p. 172
The Loyal Fans of Green Bay	p. 179
I've Truly Been Blessed	p. 181
Appendix: Vignettes, Write-Ups, and Stats
The Taylor Torture	p. 185
Taylor's All-Time Statistics	p. 191
The All-Lombardi Team	p. 196
The Green Bay Draft: The Taylor Years (1958-1966)	p. 205
Afterword: There Was Something Special About Lombardi	p. 208
Sources	p. 211
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