Four decades ago, Gale Sayers allowed his remarkable running ability on the football field to speak for him. Today, Sayers has a powerful and poignant message to pass along not only to athletes, but to everyone, and it's a message straight from his heart. Sayers, who grew up in modest surroundings in Omaha, Nebraska, is the son of a car polisher and mechanic. After fielding 75 college scholarship offers, he selected Kansas, where he became an All-American halfback before being selected by the Chicago Bears in the first ...
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Four decades ago, Gale Sayers allowed his remarkable running ability on the football field to speak for him. Today, Sayers has a powerful and poignant message to pass along not only to athletes, but to everyone, and it's a message straight from his heart. Sayers, who grew up in modest surroundings in Omaha, Nebraska, is the son of a car polisher and mechanic. After fielding 75 college scholarship offers, he selected Kansas, where he became an All-American halfback before being selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1965 draft. He later became the youngest man ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, at age 34. Tragically, a knee injury in 1968 cut short his spectacular career, which included an NFL-record six-touchdown effort against the San Francisco 49ers. The story of Sayers's friendship with former Bears teammate Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970, was immortalized in the 1971 made-for-TV movie Brian's Song, starring James Caan as Piccolo and Billy Dee Williams as Sayers. The loss of Piccolo helped Sayers put his life in proper perspective. He later realized his serious knee injury was just a minor blip on the screen when it came to life-and-death matters. Since leaving pro football, his enduring message to young athletes is to respect the game, give back to the community, and prepare for the future. Those are words he has lived by his entire life, and they make Sayers: My Life and Times one of the most compelling sports memoirs to come along in recent years.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 1572439955. Book and DJ As New. No defects. NO notes. No other names or ANY markings. New DJ not price clipped ($24.95); Inscribed "to Jim, best wishes" and signed by Sayers at title page. (got a friend named Jim? Perfect gift); 240 pages; Signed by Author.
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New in Fine dust jacket. 1572439955. Book New. No other names, NO notes, or ANY markings. DJ with a slight bruise at front cover bottom edge. A minor fault else DJ NEW, not clipped ($24.95); Inscribed to Todd and signed by Sayers and Mitchell at title page. Got a friend named Todd? Great gift.; 234 pages; Signed by All Authors.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) A square solid tight clean unread unused copy. This copy signed by Gale. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Ships same day or next business day. Tracking number with every order. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
