A Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football

by Paul Zimmerman

Book Overview

This dynamic and often startling book not only examines every offensive and defensive position but also takes the reader into the world of the men behind the cameras - the coaches and scouts, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525217355
• ISBN13: 9780525217350
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.

Customer Reviews

My Dad bought this for me in 1974

This book helped me when I tried to make the High school freshman football team back in 1974. Lot's of cool and funny stories about NFL pro players and their positions. I used techniques I read in this book on the field and made an impression on the coaches. Good start for young players and even better stories for every one else. The story of Joe Don Looney is great.

Why Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football is best of breed

There is just no way this title should ever be out of print. In "Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football," Paul Zimmerman creates a category: the literate analysis of professional fotball. We have plenty of this stuff in baseball -- from Angell to James, Boswell, and the whole team. But football has always been overlooked as a place for intelligent analysis delivered with wit and graceful prose. What do we have instead? It's either: "Bullets, broads and bullies: My story," or "Coaching the Interior Line." If you're a fan who appreciates "inside the game" insights, and who plain likes football, Zimmerman's first book, written in 1970, is a vital link to understanding the evolution of football from dock workers to the glory days of the 70's. His second book, published in 1984, decodes how the game has changed as a result of the passing rules changes in 1977 and the West Coast offense, which has in turn begat the specialist packages and situation schemes of today's game. If you're a pro football fan, get these!