Heisman Great American Stories of the Men Who Won

Name: Heisman Great American Stories of the Men Who Won
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ISBN: 9780060554729

ISBN-10: 006055472X

ISBN-13: 9780060554729

Edition: N/A

Authors: Bill Pennington

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Close your eyes and picture the Heisman Trophy. The form is easy to conjure, a graceful, fluid pose that is football past and football present in one dignified figure ... The story of the Heisman Trophy is an american epic. -- from the Preface No sport in America can match the pageantry, raw emotion, and thrilling tradition of college football. It is a world in which a twenty-year-old kid can become a national sensation overnight, in which coaches are deified and rivalries burn white-hot. And in this world, there is no individual award so revered as the Heisman Trophy. Every year since 1935, one player has run, thrown, or kicked his way into the pantheon of American sport. From…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Bill Pennington is a reporter for the New York Times and has been writing about sports fortwenty-five years. A former syndicated sports columnist, Pennington is a ten-time finalist andfive-time winner of the Associated Press SportsEditors' national writing contest. He lives with his wife, Joyce, and three children in Warwick, New York.



Complete List of Heisman Trophy Winners


Preface



"Is It Not Meant to Exemplify the Grandeur of a Thousand Men?"




"The Football Part Is Incidental"




Under a Hero's Light




More Than a Game




The Melting Pot Dynasty: Rockne's Legacy and Leadhy's Lads




The Last Ivy Leaguer




Everybody's Golden Boy




If There Was a Job Worth Doing, It Was Worth Doing It Right




Fundamental Principles




"The Perfect Kid"




America's Quarterback




"He Hasn't Been Asked to Join. And He Hasn't Asked to Join."




"It's All in Your Hands"




"The Heisman Is a Privilege, Not a Free Pass"




"Everyone Is Here for Their Moment"




Paying Forward




"I Wouldn't Have Asked You to Do Something if I Didn't Know You Could Do It"




"I Feel Bigger"




"We Won This Together"




"I Didn't Know Everything Like I Thought I Knew Everything"




"Kindred Spirits"



Afterword


Acknowledgments