Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN num: 9780451146304
ISBN number: 0451146301
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Page Count: 1
Printing Date: September 03, 1985
Publishing house: Signet
Sale Popularity Level: 897307
Studio: Signet
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This first-person account of the champion Green Bay Packers of the 1960's is well worth reading. Jerry Kramer was an offensive lineman whose toughness and insights spice this diary/narrative. From his non-glamour position Kramer give readers a sense of the daily struggles and determined efforts required in the highly competitive National Football League (NFL). Of course, it helped that Green Bay had many star players like Bart Starr and Ray Nitschke, a superb if egotistical coach in Vince Lombardi, plus a City and State that has embraced this team for decades. This is a solid and readable narrative, one that gives us a feel of what it's like being a member of an NFL squad.
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Instant Replay
The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
The book I read was Instant Replay; The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer. It is the day by day account of the day in the life of a professional football player. It is a must read for anyone for likes football, or sports in general. It's an incredible inside few of what goes on in the National Football league.
The story starts off in the pre-season, or the time before the season starts. The very first journal entry is a conversation between Jerry Kramer and his hall of fame coach, Vince Lombardi. He is considered the greatest football coach of all time, and after reading this book, I know why. The very very first sentence that comes out of Lombardi's mouth is full of wisdom and calm demeanor as he explains that one of Jerry's best friends on the team has been traded. It was really fascinating to read about Lombardi as a person and as a great coach.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sports. What goes on during games and in the locker room in this book are sometimes very funny and always interesting. Jerry Kramer was a great player, and a pretty good writer too.
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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 yesterday (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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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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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 very 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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