Downfield!: Untold Stories of the Green Bay Packers

by Jerry Poling

Journalist Jerry Poling interviewed more than 150 former Packer players for this book, choosing nearly 70 of the most compelling stories to tell. The result is a fascinating book, a must read for all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879483335
• ISBN13: 9781879483330
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Prairie Oak Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

stories too short , "were are they now"

this isnt much of "untold stories" , but more of "where are they now" it has little information about their packer days , and alot mnore on what theyre doing now , and how they hated forrest gregg , nearly everyone in the book mentions forrest gregg as a bad coach . the stories itself are at times , quiet boring . when i purchased this book , i expected a short autobiography of former players , but it turned out different . overall , its a good book , but alittle boring . i recommend this book to packer fans , not people who never heard of the players , becuase they wont understand it . 4/5 overall

A unusually candid inside look at the franchise.

Simply one of the most intriguing books ever written about an NFL team, Polling and Kramer offer interviews and "where are they now" biographies of players thoughtout various eras of Packer history. Each era is defined by a different head coach. Any fan of the NFL and the team will find the candid discussions and topics entertaining and often surprising. Much of the discussion is critical of the coaching style of Dan Devine, Bart Starr, and Forrest Gregg. The book lifts the veil of mystery from the infamous years when the team was poorly managed, poorly coached, and stuggled to compete. We find out why and how things went wrong from the players point of view. An unusually frank history.