Namath
Subtitle: a biography
By: Mark Kriegel
Publisher: Viking; Viking Adult
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780670033294
Subjects: Football players; Biography
Description: Discusses the football star's upbringing as the son of a Hungarian immigrant in the steel country of Pennsylvania, his achievements at the University of Alabama, his career with the New York Jets, and his legendary status.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-498) and index.
Table of contents: title: A distant fabled land - The lower end; title: Play ball; title: Boy at the top of the stairs; title: Pint-sized quarterback; title: Magic; title: Joey U; title: Small-town hero; title: Higher education; title: The tower; title: Colored water; title: Stud; title: Of southern comforts and the schoolhouse door; title: Jimmy; title: Sippin'; title: Doylestown redux; title: Harry Wismer's Titans of New York; title: Sonny, as in money; title: Happy New Year; title: Four hundred grand; title: Now appearing on Broadway: Mistress Meniscus; title: Wampum; title: Salted apples; title: No guarantees; title: Booze and broads; title: Liar's poker; title: The star system; title: The beauty of Joe; title: Bosses; title: Student of the game; title: Fu Manchu - Disheveled but happy; title: The points; title: Super; title: America's hero; title: The undesirables; title: The Joe Namath Show; title: Bigger than the game; title: The agony of defeat; title: The score; title: Nobody's perfect; title: Don't trust anyone over thirty; title: High concept; title: Magic six; title: Garden City Joe; title: Hollywood ending; title: That's entertainment; title: Sound of the soul; title: Deborah; title: Old Joe; title: Fiji; title: Tatiana; title: A Vincula Matrimonii; title: Classic sports.