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A Game of Extremes 25 Exceptional Football Stories: About What Happened On and Off The Field

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Speed, strength, precision, and a whole ton of adrenaline make American football one of the most exciting games in the world. It’s also a game filled with legendary stories!

When you think of the great NFL players, names like Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, and of course, Tom Brady come to mind, for good reasons.

But behind each game and each legend, there is more to making an epic game than you might imagine… From the referees practicing their coin toss to stadium managers fearing the worst during a blackout.

Then there are the players who laid the foundations of the game, the ones whose names have been forgotten… such as the first teams to play in a televised game to a worldwide audience of 1,000!

Back in the day, players would spend their entire career with one team, leading them through the highs and the lows with their unique, incomparable abilities. Mel Hein and Jim Thorpe are just two that come to mind.

The rich history of America’s favorite sport has created some mind-blowingly inspiring stories throughout the decades… and it will continue to thrill, fascinate, and uplift us in the decades to come.

In this book of legends, you will discover:

  • Why old-school Raiders fans can’t stand Heidi
  • The biggest mistake of the NFL’s commissioner’s career and how others have learned from this
  • How one yard or 52 seconds can be enough to change the entire outcome of a game
  • How two brothers won $1 million in fantasy football thanks to a player who recovered from a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL
  • The hungover player who scored the first Super Bowl touchdown for the Green Bay Packers
  • The Native American who won gold medals at the Olympics, played 12 seasons of football, and became the first president of the NFL — but only entered the Hall of Fame 10 years after his death
  • How coaches and managers thought outside the box to complete their teams during the 1987 strike — even recruiting a 7-Eleven security guard and a convict to play
  • The legendary two-way player that no team initially wanted
  • How one player went from earning $5.50 an hour to MVP and the Hall of Fame
  • The team that is famous for playing in the highest-scoring game ever and the 0-0 game
  • How a team of 8 first televised football — with just 2 cameras

And much more.

Football isn’t just about 18 weeks of watching the games. These 25 stories will keep you entertained and amazed throughout the season… and when you are patiently waiting for the next.

If the avid fan in you wants to discover 25 of the best football stories, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.

Review:

3.8 out of 5

75.00% of customers are satisfied

5.0 out of 5 stars Sports book

C.L.S. · December 26, 2023

Great for my football fanatic grandson. He is enjoying it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Inspirational

W.S. · December 8, 2022

This book is perfect for anyone who has a passion for football and football history. The author's love of the game really shines through. Even if you don't like football in particular, this is a great book to cultivate an affinity for it.

3.0 out of 5 stars The stories are generally interesting

P. · January 22, 2023

Unfortunately the editing and error checking were weak. I’m not bothered by a few errors or typos, but it really became a distraction on most of the stories.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for youth

A.C. · January 4, 2024

Son likes to pick it up when he needs a pick me up when he has a bad day on the field

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a terrible book.

j.F. · July 21, 2023

It is poorly written and edited. Words in the wrong place and sentences repeated. And he is wrong in many instances. He has linebackers playing on offense. And if you are any kind of a sports fan at all you would already know much of the contents.

2.0 out of 5 stars Extremely poor editing

S.M.B. · June 13, 2023

The premise of the book is great, and I really enjoyed the baseball one. But wow the editing is abysmal in this one. Sentences repeated. Sections missing when describing a game somehow the losing team won but the author forgot to mention how.Describing Vince Wilfork as the Jet's DT but tackling Mark Sanchez the Jets QB, saying the first Super Bowl was played in the 1950s, describing the ice bowl as the coldest NBA game, etc.There was obviously no proofreading done. To the point of being distracting.

5.0 out of 5 stars This a Collection of Great Games and Great Players

R.R. · August 30, 2023

Many of the games included in this book, I actually saw and greatly enjoyed. My favorite game was the Ice Bowl in which Coach Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers beat Coach Landry’s Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay, Wisconsin which was the Coldest Game ever played in the NFL. There are other great games and players, so I recommend that you check this book out.

5.0 out of 5 stars FUN BOOK FOR EVERY FOOTBALL FAN AND FOOTBALL HISTORY

w.y. · December 15, 2022

Roy Lingster has put together a fun and easy read about some of the great moments in football, NFL records, Strikes, Record Setting games and more.If you are a football, fan you most likely know many of these moments, but for some of us, like myself, who spent years in TV Sports Production and covered a host of playoff games, Super Bowls and more, it spurs some memories mentioned and some not. Like 1984, a record setting year for the league…BUT…if you lived or worked in Baltimore that winter, all you can remember is the moving vans pulling out of town headed to INDY with our team. AND, even though I spent a lifetime working with TV Sports Production, I did not know the details of the FIRST game televised. Just TWO Cameras, an Eight man crew. One on the field, one high, no truck, no trailers, just a fuzzy black and white broadcast over 80 years ago. NO lights, so when the sun went down…so did the game…back to radio! Amazing!!…80 years is not that long to progress to where we are today. The last Super Bowl I worked camera, there was a crew of over 400 people and close to 60 cameras!...So much FUN to go back and read the stories that Lingster has put together…A MUST read for the die-hard football or any sports fan. The book is a gift to any football fan who wants to know “HOW WE GOT HERE” today.Cliff YearginAtlanta GA

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