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Slingin' Sam. The Life And Times Of The Greatest Quarterback Ever To Play The Game
JOE HOLLEY
Other works by JOE HOLLEYPublication: University of Texas Press, 2012, Austin
First edition. 8vo. Inked gift inscription on the half title page by the author. Cloth, titles stamped in copper gilt on the spine, xvii, [3], 322 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, prologue, illustrated from photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Foreword by Peyton Manning. Story of Sammy Baugh, the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro. -Dan Jenkins. Played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. Holley traces the whole arc of Baugh's life (1914-2008) from his small-town Texas roots to his college ball success as an All -American at TCU as well as his later career coaching the Houston Oilers and ranching in West Texas. Joe Holley was editor of the Houston Chronicle. Fine in dust jacket.
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