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Hardcover The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever Book

ISBN: 0061542555

ISBN13: 9780061542558

The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever

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"Frank Gifford brings the contest so alive that you find yourself almost wondering, 50 years later, how it will turn out in the end." -- New York Times Book Review The Glory Game recreates in breathtaking detail the 1958 National Football League Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts, which many football fans feel was "The Greatest Game Ever Played." This first-hand, field level, "behind-the-helmet" account by ex-Giant...

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A Must-Read Book for Everyone, Everywhere, Now and Forever

As a long-time follower of Peter Richmond's brilliant cultural commentary -- from the pages of GQ to his countless NPR appearances -- I was thrilled to relive the details of this legendary game through his and Gifford's extraordinary retelling. This book is a must for sports fans, nostalgia buffs, lovers of American history and readers looking for a compelling read: if it's not in The Glory Game, it's not part of NFL history...

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A stirring account of a milestone game and the people who played it

The 1958 NFL Championship Game is among the most documented, analyzed, and discussed sporting events in history. It is widely regarded as the end of one era in professional sports, and the beginning of the "modern" era. But leave it to one of the key participants in this game, Frank Gifford, to finally put the definitive stamp on that game and the people who played in it. Gifford has always struck me as a humble and classy...

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Glory and The Giff

With all his years of outstanding media work, it may have been easy to forget that Frank Gifford was an outstanding running back on some of the best New York Giants teams in the history of the NFL. Gifford's account of the much-chronicled 1958 championship clash between the Giants and Baltimore Colts - though written under tragic circumstances - is an important addition to the history of pro football. Historian David Halberstam...

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See and Experience Football Through Frank Gifford's Eyes

If you love pro football, this is a must read. If you ever watched Frank Gifford on Monday Night Football, you know that he showed a respect and love for football that separated him from the others who shared the broadcasting booth with him. He was reticent and heart-felt in his comments. I always wondered what it would be like to hear him recount his playing days over a beer or two. Reading The Glory Game comes as close...

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If not the greatest game, it was at least an historic one.

According to Frank Gifford, even those who played in the NFL championship game in 1958 did not realize that it would later be widely viewed as the greatest game ever played. He acknowledges that he made two critically important fumbles that proved costly to the Giants, for example, and asserts that the game was not even well-played until the fourth quarter and then during the first ever sudden-death overtime period before...

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