Brian Piccolo: A Short Season

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Summary: Brian Piccolo: A Short Season, but a Triumphant One
Review: Brian Piccolo: A Short Season was marvelously written by Brian's close friend, Jeannie Morris. This book gives the readers a detailed view into his existence while still being discrete enough for the Piccolo family to remain happy with the biography/autobiography. Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo lived to be only 26 years of age, dying on June 16, 1970, from liver cancer. While his stay on this Earth was a brief and trying one, Piccolo made it count every single day. His story is of highs and lows, heroics and disappointments, comedy and despair, and, ultimately, tragedy. However, Piccolo lived his life ideally, paying tributes to various foundations while enjoying and loving life to the fullest. The book includes the entirety of this great man's life, from his young baseball-playing childhood to his record-setting career at Wake Forest College to his last days as a father, husband, and Chicago Bear. Piccolo was a spirit-lifting person among those he spent time with, before and after he was diagnosed with the fatal cancerous disease. His charm and wit grabbed his fellow players, his coaches, and, most importantly, the general public. While 'Pic' started only a handful of games for the Bears, he rarely if ever complained despite a burning desire to play the game he loved so dearly. Piccolo was a favorite among Chicago Bears fans, and although he backed up the legendary Gale Sayers, his team-first attitude and love for the game kept him afloat until that day when the prospect of a lifetime would arise and give him the opportunity to start. Even on his deathbed, Piccolo never gave up his hope for a miraculous recovery and return to the football field. After all, Brian Piccolo's heart was never the question; it was his liver which was diagnosed with cancer. Former Bears-teammate and close friend Johnny Morris summed up Pic's life in the foreword, remarking "Brian Piccolo made it to the top at 26."

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Summary: Book project for Roger Bacon High School ...4th bell english
Review: jan/10/01 I am also an athlete who has suffered many career threating injuries. Unlike Brian Piccalo i do not have a terminal disease. I can understand his determination of never wanting to quit playing the game no matter how bad he felt or how bad the news was. This goes to show one how great mind over matter really is. This book also reflects how important frienship and family really are, who will stand by you when the chips all come falling down.

I recommend this book to any athlete who suffers an injury or illness that causes one to be removed from the game. One cannot ever forget where they came from , how many lives they have touched, and who you can rely on .. Death plays a big issue in this book although it is depressing you know with cancer it is coming Brian piccalo also shares his love of the game and his friends and family.

I am too young to remember Brian Piccalo he died before i was born, he wasn't an outstanding player, no super bowl hero, just an average good athlete like me.

In books like these his memory doesn't die, but his life will be remembered in books.

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Summary: A look into the mind of Brian Piccolo
Review: This book enables the reader to empathize for Brian. He was a pro football player who battled with cancer at a time when there wasn't a lot known about cancer. Even if you don't like football you can appreciate the book for what it is. It is good for lots of ages as well. The book is good about explaining what was known about cancer at the time. It includes medical analysis of his hospital visits as well as interactions with his family and teammates.

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Summary: A look into the mind of Brian Piccolo
Review: This book enables the reader to empathize for Brian. He was a pro football player who battled with cancer at a time when there wasn't a lot known about cancer. Even if you don't like football you can appreciate the book for what it is. It is good for lots of ages as well. The book is good about explaining what was known about cancer at the time. It includes medical analysis of his hospital visits as well as interactions with his family and teammates.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book was great, althouhg Brian had a short seson he did much with his life and the story of his firendship with Gal Sayers was great. I loved the movie, Brians song, the book, I am Third, and this book, A short Seson. Every1 should buy this book. i find his life very important on reading about.

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Summary: Brian Piccolo
Review: This book was largely like the movie "Brian's Song" about Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers. Brian and Glae compete for the same position on a pro football team, then Gale gets the position. Well, along the way Gale gets hurt and discouraged, but while he is filling in for Gale, Brian helps him recover and come back to his position on the team. When Gale comes back, he gets back his old position, but Brian also starts at another one he is very successful at...Until one day. Brian becomes ill, and they discover that he has cancer. Gals stands by his friend the way his friend stood by him. It is a moving and real story.

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Summary: A TESTAMENT OF TIME
Review: We've all seen the movie "Brian Song" a hundred times. Why has the story of Brian Piccalo has survived more than three decades? Jeanne Morris provides the answers and so much more. She does a tremendous job revealing a side to Brian that so few were fortunate enough to witness. What the reader finds is that Brian Piccalo was more than a cancer patient -- He was a friend to all. Who was Brian Piccalo? Just a down to earth man who you'd welcome into your home.