I'd rather be Wright;: Memoirs of an itinerant tackle

by Steven Wright

Book Overview

Steve Wright played ball for Bear Bryant at Bama,for Lombardi at Green Bay,with Sonny Jurgensen of the Redskins,et al.He wasn't in a glamour position;as an offensive linesman,he had a fly-on-the wall... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134497856
• ISBN13: 9780134497853
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

warts-and-all football memoir

Steve Wright played ball for Bear Bryant at Bama,for Lombardi at Green Bay,with Sonny Jurgensen of the Redskins,et al.He wasn't in a glamour position;as an offensive linesman,he had a fly-on-the wall look at the pro football worldof the late 60s,early70s.His memoirs read like a real version of the already realistic Peter Gent novels.If you want your athletes on pedestals,skip this book--but if you want to read about the real blood,sweat,booze,broads,pills,and road life from an earlier era of pro ball written by a guy with a wry self-knowledge and affection for the whole game,in spite of/because of everything---then this is for you.