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Summary: A beautiful book
Review: I'm not a Colts fan, I've never been to Baltimore, and I grew up ten years too late for the 1950s but this is still the best football book I've ever read. Much of it is down to William Gildea's engaging writing style and his ability to seamlessly blend interview with reminiscence. This book isn't so much about the Colts as it is about growing up in Baltimore during the 1950s - which, for me, only strengthens its appeal. With books like this and John Eisenberg's "Cotton Bowl Days," George Plimpton's "the smaller the ball, the better the literature" axiom is, at long last, under threat. Can't recommend this strongly enough.
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Summary: Colts
Review: I'm Reading this book and let me tell you something, this is a great book. Tells the story of an old time football team and it talks about the great Colts players like Jonnhy Unitas, Raymond Barry, Lenny Moore, and other greats. A real must read for any TRUE football fan!
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Summary: A beautiful book
Review: This is a book that evokes memories of a golden era in America and American sports when men played professional football for the love of the game. To those who loved them, the Baltimore Colts of the late 50's and 60's were a gallant and mythical team that resonated with names like Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Alan "The Horse" Ameche, "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Raymond Berry, Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, and Weeb Ewbank. William Gildea has captured, in a wistful reminiscence, these men and that time...a time when the players were an integral part of the community and the community shared a deep and abiding emotional attachment to the team. This was professional football before free agency, player strikes, owner lockouts, and team relocations. Like Mr. Gildea, my father introduced me to the Colts when I was a small boy. Like Mr. Gildea, my father instilled an appreciation for the men with the horseshoes on their helmets who won with quiet humility, lost with defiant grace, and personified determination, hard work, and team loyalty. My father and I had never been within 2,000 miles of the city of Baltimore, yet through television on Sunday afternoons, we felt the Colts were our team, too. Sadly, the Baltimore Colts have been forever consigned to memories. In this book, you can relive those memories and once again hear the names of the legends and the prideful roar of a city echo across the years...
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Summary: A Gallant and Golden Time
Review: This is a book that evokes memories of a golden era in America and American sports when men played professional football for the love of the game. To those who loved them, the Baltimore Colts of the late 50's and 60's were a gallant and mythical team that resonated with names like Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Alan "The Horse" Ameche, "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Raymond Berry, Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, and Weeb Ewbank. William Gildea has captured, in a wistful reminiscence, these men and that time...a time when the players were an integral part of the community and the community shared a deep and abiding emotional attachment to the team. This was professional football before free agency, player strikes, owner lockouts, and team relocations. Like Mr. Gildea, my father introduced me to the Colts when I was a small boy. Like Mr. Gildea, my father instilled an appreciation for the men with the horseshoes on their helmets who won with quiet humility, lost with defiant grace, and personified determination, hard work, and team loyalty. My father and I had never been within 2,000 miles of the city of Baltimore, yet through television on Sunday afternoons, we felt the Colts were our team, too. Sadly, the Baltimore Colts have been forever consigned to memories. In this book, you can relive those memories and once again hear the names of the legends and the prideful roar of a city echo across the years...
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Summary: A torally engrossing and warmharted rememberance of my past
Review: William Gildea is a stellar author who really portrays what football was like in the 1950s. He shows how the Colts went from bottom to top. He talks about how football was associated with his family and how he never missed a game. Gildea wrote the best sports book I have ever read.
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