Booklist
- Play Ball! Football in Fact and Fiction
BUMP AND RUN│ Mike Lupica │ FIC
Jack Molloy inherits half of the New York Hawks, an NFL team, and takes control. Molloy finds out that the NFL and running a team is a lot like his previous job in Las Vegas-it’s about money, image and leverage.
NORTH DALLAS FORTY│ Peter Gent │ FIC
This is eight days in the life of a pro football player. Phil Elliott finds out that his ability to catch the football is all that matters in pro football. He plays through pain using cortisone to get himself on the field. This story is still relevant to the game and players of today.
SUDDEN DEATH│ David Rosenfelt │ FIC, Q
Andy Carpenter, a New Jersey lawyer, is called upon to defend a NY Giants football player for the murder of a NY Jets football player.
RED ZONE│ Mike Lupica│ FIC
Part of Jack Molloy’s NFL team is sold to someone who fires the coach and general manager and is making changes. Molloy doesn’t like what’s happening to the team and tries to gain back control. A sequel to Bump and Run.
HOMETOWN LEGEND│ Jerry B. Jenkins │ FIC, CASS, VID
Local football hero Cal Sawyer tries to keep the Athens City high school football team afloat. The town is going through hard financial times and a come-back coach and new quarterback try to bring back the glory of better times.
BLEACHERS│ John Grisham│ FIC, CASS, Q, CD
Neeley Crenshaw returns to the small Texas town where he was a star football player. He and his teammates gather to remember their coach who is dying. The players recollect what it was like to play for Coach Eddy Rake.
THE DRAFT│ Wil Mara│ FIC
The GM of the Baltimore Ravens, Jon Sabino, wants the first pick in the draft to replace his quarterback who was injured in a car crash. Deals are put together hoping that the team can win their third straight Super Bowl.
NON FICTION
THE HEISMAN: GREAT AMERICAN STORIES OF THE MEN WHO WON│ Bill Pennington│796.33092 Penn
The inspiring stories and intimate portraits of college football Heisman Trophy winners including 1940 winner Tom Harmon, Doug Flutie, Eddie George and others. Inspiration from their coaches helped them to be great. Their experiences on and off the field are written about.
NAMATH: A BIOGRAPHY│ Mark Kriegel │ B Nam
This is a biography of “Broadway Joe” from his childhood and upbringing in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania to college in Alabama to his pro football career. This account shows both the personal and professional sides of this Hall of Famer.
JOHNNY U: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHNNY UNITAS│ Tom Callahan│ B Unit
This is a biography of Johnny Unitas, quarterback of the champion Baltimore Colts. It contains quotes and comments from Unitas’ coaches, friends and fellow players and describes what football was like during the time Unitas played.
QUIET STRENGTH: THE PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES AND PRIORITIES OF A WINNING LIFE│Tony Dungy│ B Dung
This memoir is by Tony Dungy who leads the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl win with his calm and quiet leadership. Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived for God and family.
THE REAL ALL AMRICANS: THE TEAM THAT CHANGED A GAME, A PEOPLE, A NATION│Sally Jenkins│796.332 Jenk
This is a tale of the Carlisle Indian school and its part in the history of college football. Jim Thorpe was their star player and they were coached for a time by Glenn “Pop” Warner. This is not only a story of the beginnings of college football, but the history of Native Americans during this time.
LG 10/07
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