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Summary: The Best Book on Pro Football I've Ever Read!
Review: After purchasing this book at a used book sale for 25 cents, I put off reading it for a couple of years. To be honest, it didn't seem very interesting. Was I wrong! When I finally picked the book up to read it, I was hooked. I absolutely could not put it down. It offered fascinating glimpses into the life of Jerry Kramer, an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers during their glory days in the sixties. It dealt with not only his on-the-field thoughts, but his feelings toward his teammates, his coach, and his family. I would whole-heartedly reccomend reading this book if you are interested in the "behind-the-scenes" aspect of professional football.
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Summary: A must for any football fan!
Review: As a fan of the Packers, or sports in general, Instant Replay is a must-read for the sports enthusiast. Stirring and funny, Jerry Kramer weaves his way through life with Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers. One only hopes they reprint this for future generations. Don't overlook it's companion, Distant Replay, which picks up where Instant Replay leaves off, 20 years later. These should be a staple in the sports reader's library.
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Summary: When Pro Football Was Really Football
Review: This is a book about the game of football when it was REALLY football, and when the players were genuinely tough guys who poured their hearts into the game... and not the candy-derriere prima donnas on the pro teams today (except for the Dallas Cowboys). Vince Lombardi worked these guys, built and molded them, inspired them to be one of the best teams of any sort in history. It so happened their medium was football, but I think their determination and Lombardi's leadership could have driven this particular Green Bay Packer group to accomplish anything they set out to do. Kramer's story is a fantastic look into the gritty gridiron world of yesteryear, before all the promotional opportunities and player greed converted professional football from a knock-heads team sport into something more akin to professional wrestling.Buy it today. It's a great story you won't be able to put down.
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Summary: The Best Book on Pro Football I've Ever Read!
Review: This is a fascinating diary of a year in the life of a pro football player. And what a year!! Jerry Kramer is an offensive guard who plays for the 1967 Green Bay Packers as they try to become the first NFL team to win three straight championships. Not only is it a great drama (especially if you don't already know the outcome), but it's very interesting to see how the NFL has changed over the past 30 years - and how it's still the same in many ways. It's also a good snapshot of what the average person saw, thought, said and dreamed about in the late 60's, from the perspective not of a flower-child or a politician, but from a regular, honest guy who happened to play pro football for a living before the big salaries and ESPN. I can't recommend this book enough. I didn't want it to ever end.
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