Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff
Ron Martriano
Mar 2015 · Charlesbridge Publishing
Ebook
192
Pages
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About this ebook
Touchdown! These tales from the gridiron will set fans abuzz. Fun, filled with intriguing lore from football history, and engagingly written, they're almost as exciting as the Super Bowl itself. Find out all about the pranksters and one-of-a-kind characters of the game, including Clinton Portis, who liked to wear costumes to his team's weekly press conferences (including a mad scientist wig). Speaking of costumes, hazing the rookies is an integral part of the sport. Just ask Lavelle Hawkins and Cary Williams. They were tied to a goalpost and doused with water, mustard, and ketchup. You'll read about the strange injuries, including Turk Edwards' career-ending injury during the coin toss. You'll cringe reading about how San Francisco 49er Ronnie Lott gave 110%--and his pinky--all for the love of the sport. And you'll bust out laughing when you find out why coach Don Shula once took a shower with an alligator.
About the author
Ron Martirano is a lifelong sports fan, sportswriter, and editor boasting nearly twenty years of teaching and publishing experience. He is the author of Baseball: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Odd Facts, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff and Football: Great Records, Weird Happenings, Amazing Moments & Other Cool Stuff. Ron lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife.
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