Items related to Instant Replay
In 1967, when Jerry Kramer was a thirty-one-year-old Green Bay Packers offensive lineman, in his tenth year with the team, he decided to keep a diary of the season. “Perhaps, by setting down my daily thoughts and observations,” he wrote, “I’ll be able to understand precisely what it is that draws me back to professional football.” Working with the renowned journalist Dick Schaap, Kramer recorded his day-to-day experiences as a player with perception, honesty, humor, and startling sensitivity. Little did Kramer know that the 1967 season would be one of the most remarkable in the history of pro football, culminating with the legendary championship game against Dallas now known as the “Ice Bowl,” in which Kramer would play a central role. Nor could he have anticipated that his diary would evolve into a book titled Instant Replay, first published in 1968, that would become a multimillion-copy bestseller and be celebrated by reviewers everywhere, including the Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley, who calls it “to this day, the best inside account of pro football, indeed the best book ever written about that sport and that league.”
This groundbreaking look inside the world of professional football is one of the first books ever to take readers into the locker room and reveal the inner workings of a professional sports franchise. From training camp, through the historic Ice Bowl, then into the locker room of Super Bowl II, Kramer provides a captivating player’s perspective on pro football when the game was all blood, grit, and tears. He also offers a rare and insightful view of the team’s storied leader, Coach Vince Lombardi.
Bringing the book back into print for the first time in more than a decade, this new edition of Instant Replay retains the classic look of the original and includes a foreword by Jonathan Yardley and additional rarely seen photos from the celebrated “Lombardi era.” As vivid and engaging as it was when it was first published, Instant Replay is an irreplaceable reminder of the glory days of pro football.
This groundbreaking look inside the world of professional football is one of the first books ever to take readers into the locker room and reveal the inner workings of a professional sports franchise. From training camp, through the historic Ice Bowl, then into the locker room of Super Bowl II, Kramer provides a captivating player’s perspective on pro football when the game was all blood, grit, and tears. He also offers a rare and insightful view of the team’s storied leader, Coach Vince Lombardi.
Bringing the book back into print for the first time in more than a decade, this new edition of Instant Replay retains the classic look of the original and includes a foreword by Jonathan Yardley and additional rarely seen photos from the celebrated “Lombardi era.” As vivid and engaging as it was when it was first published, Instant Replay is an irreplaceable reminder of the glory days of pro football.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"The best behind-the-scenes glimpse of pro football ever produced."
--"The New York Times"
"An unprecedented look into the gritty world of professional football. . . . Still the gold standard of sports biographies."
--"Sports Illustrated"
"A classic for its insights into the game and its people, [written] with wit and without scandal or obscenity. . . . A landmark work."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"Groundbreaking. . . . Candid. . . . An uncommonly frank account."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"The first great professional sports diary."
--"The Boston Globe"
"The gold standard for football memoirs. . . . This modern sports classic is a smart, funny and literate diary of the Packers' successful quest to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl victories."
--"The Plain Dealer"
"This seminal, as-told-to diary . . . changed the way sports readers expected their heroes to sound. No more of this Grantland Rice purple prose. Schaap gave us the tough jock sounding like a real--and witty and introspective and profane--human being."
--"Chicago Sun-Times"
"A must read. . . . An insightful look at the sometimes-maddening methods of Lombardi and the love-hate relationship the players had with the legendary coach."
--"Green Bay Press-Gazette"
"An honest, hilarious and insightful diary, with Lombardi alternately serving as the hero and the villain, the lovable leader and the soul-crushing ogre."
--"San Jose Mercury News"
"This was the book that started it all--for athletes telling their stories, for sportswriters going in depth, for great athletic tales being bound between the covers. Dick Schaap's classic is timeless. Required reading for anyone who loves sports or sportswriting."
--Mitch Albom
"One of the great sports books of all time." --Billy Crystal
"Kramer detailed the 1967 championship season in an understated, respectful tone, but showed a keen eye for details the fan would never glimpse."
--"The Baltimore Sun"
"One of the rarest of things--a sports book written in English by an adult."
--Jimmy Breslin
"Daring stuff for its time, revealing how athletes really act, talk and think back when such candor was taboo."
--"Charlotte Observer"
"A no-holds-barred diary. . . . One really gets a sense of the physical, mental and emotional agonies players can go through in a season."
--"Orlando Sentinel"
"[Kramer is] observant, honest, sensitive and a bone-crusher at right guard."
--"The Oregonian"
"The ultimate football diary. . . . Detailed and dramatic. . . . Kramer's description of his decisive block against Jethro Pugh at the goal line in the waning seconds [of the Ice Bowl] . . . is as fresh and raw as the minus-15-degree weather at kickoff."
--"Tampa Tribune"
"In my life as a writer and reader, there are only a few books that I've read over and over again for the sheer pleasure of the experience. Jerry Kramer's "Instant Replay" is the only sports book among them. I loved it when I was a teenage, and I love it still today."
--David Maraniss, author of "When Pride Still Mattered"
The best behind-the-scenes glimpse of pro football ever produced.
The New York Times
An unprecedented look into the gritty world of professional football. . . . Still the gold standard of sports biographies.
Sports Illustrated
A classic for its insights into the game and its people, [written] with wit and without scandal or obscenity. . . . A landmark work.
Los Angeles Times
Groundbreaking. . . . Candid. . . . An uncommonly frank account.
Chicago Tribune
The first great professional sports diary.
The Boston Globe
The gold standard for football memoirs. . . . This modern sports classic is a smart, funny and literate diary of the Packers successful quest to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl victories.
The Plain Dealer
This seminal, as-told-to diary . . . changed the way sports readers expected their heroes to sound. No more of this Grantland Rice purple prose. Schaap gave us the tough jock sounding like a real and witty and introspective and profane human being.
Chicago Sun-Times
A must read. . . . An insightful look at the sometimes-maddening methods of Lombardi and the love-hate relationship the players had with the legendary coach.
Green Bay Press-Gazette
An honest, hilarious and insightful diary, with Lombardi alternately serving as the hero and the villain, the lovable leader and the soul-crushing ogre.
San Jose Mercury News
This was the book that started it all for athletes telling their stories, for sportswriters going in depth, for great athletic tales being bound between the covers. Dick Schaap s classic is timeless. Required reading for anyone who loves sports or sportswriting.
Mitch Albom
One of the great sports books of all time. Billy Crystal
Kramer detailed the 1967 championship season in an understated, respectful tone, but showed a keen eye for details the fan would never glimpse.
The Baltimore Sun
One of the rarest of things a sports book written in English by an adult.
Jimmy Breslin
Daring stuff for its time, revealing how athletes really act, talk and think back when such candor was taboo.
Charlotte Observer
A no-holds-barred diary. . . . One really gets a sense of the physical, mental and emotional agonies players can go through in a season.
Orlando Sentinel
[Kramer is] observant, honest, sensitive and a bone-crusher at right guard.
The Oregonian
The ultimate football diary. . . . Detailed and dramatic. . . . Kramer s description of his decisive block against Jethro Pugh at the goal line in the waning seconds [of the Ice Bowl] . . . is as fresh and raw as the minus-15-degree weather at kickoff.
Tampa Tribune
In my life as a writer and reader, there are only a few books that I ve read over and over again for the sheer pleasure of the experience. Jerry Kramer s Instant Replay is the only sports book among them. I loved it when I was a teenage, and I love it still today.
David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered"
About the Author:
--"The New York Times"
"An unprecedented look into the gritty world of professional football. . . . Still the gold standard of sports biographies."
--"Sports Illustrated"
"A classic for its insights into the game and its people, [written] with wit and without scandal or obscenity. . . . A landmark work."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"Groundbreaking. . . . Candid. . . . An uncommonly frank account."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"The first great professional sports diary."
--"The Boston Globe"
"The gold standard for football memoirs. . . . This modern sports classic is a smart, funny and literate diary of the Packers' successful quest to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl victories."
--"The Plain Dealer"
"This seminal, as-told-to diary . . . changed the way sports readers expected their heroes to sound. No more of this Grantland Rice purple prose. Schaap gave us the tough jock sounding like a real--and witty and introspective and profane--human being."
--"Chicago Sun-Times"
"A must read. . . . An insightful look at the sometimes-maddening methods of Lombardi and the love-hate relationship the players had with the legendary coach."
--"Green Bay Press-Gazette"
"An honest, hilarious and insightful diary, with Lombardi alternately serving as the hero and the villain, the lovable leader and the soul-crushing ogre."
--"San Jose Mercury News"
"This was the book that started it all--for athletes telling their stories, for sportswriters going in depth, for great athletic tales being bound between the covers. Dick Schaap's classic is timeless. Required reading for anyone who loves sports or sportswriting."
--Mitch Albom
"One of the great sports books of all time." --Billy Crystal
"Kramer detailed the 1967 championship season in an understated, respectful tone, but showed a keen eye for details the fan would never glimpse."
--"The Baltimore Sun"
"One of the rarest of things--a sports book written in English by an adult."
--Jimmy Breslin
"Daring stuff for its time, revealing how athletes really act, talk and think back when such candor was taboo."
--"Charlotte Observer"
"A no-holds-barred diary. . . . One really gets a sense of the physical, mental and emotional agonies players can go through in a season."
--"Orlando Sentinel"
"[Kramer is] observant, honest, sensitive and a bone-crusher at right guard."
--"The Oregonian"
"The ultimate football diary. . . . Detailed and dramatic. . . . Kramer's description of his decisive block against Jethro Pugh at the goal line in the waning seconds [of the Ice Bowl] . . . is as fresh and raw as the minus-15-degree weather at kickoff."
--"Tampa Tribune"
"In my life as a writer and reader, there are only a few books that I've read over and over again for the sheer pleasure of the experience. Jerry Kramer's "Instant Replay" is the only sports book among them. I loved it when I was a teenage, and I love it still today."
--David Maraniss, author of "When Pride Still Mattered"
The best behind-the-scenes glimpse of pro football ever produced.
The New York Times
An unprecedented look into the gritty world of professional football. . . . Still the gold standard of sports biographies.
Sports Illustrated
A classic for its insights into the game and its people, [written] with wit and without scandal or obscenity. . . . A landmark work.
Los Angeles Times
Groundbreaking. . . . Candid. . . . An uncommonly frank account.
Chicago Tribune
The first great professional sports diary.
The Boston Globe
The gold standard for football memoirs. . . . This modern sports classic is a smart, funny and literate diary of the Packers successful quest to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl victories.
The Plain Dealer
This seminal, as-told-to diary . . . changed the way sports readers expected their heroes to sound. No more of this Grantland Rice purple prose. Schaap gave us the tough jock sounding like a real and witty and introspective and profane human being.
Chicago Sun-Times
A must read. . . . An insightful look at the sometimes-maddening methods of Lombardi and the love-hate relationship the players had with the legendary coach.
Green Bay Press-Gazette
An honest, hilarious and insightful diary, with Lombardi alternately serving as the hero and the villain, the lovable leader and the soul-crushing ogre.
San Jose Mercury News
This was the book that started it all for athletes telling their stories, for sportswriters going in depth, for great athletic tales being bound between the covers. Dick Schaap s classic is timeless. Required reading for anyone who loves sports or sportswriting.
Mitch Albom
One of the great sports books of all time. Billy Crystal
Kramer detailed the 1967 championship season in an understated, respectful tone, but showed a keen eye for details the fan would never glimpse.
The Baltimore Sun
One of the rarest of things a sports book written in English by an adult.
Jimmy Breslin
Daring stuff for its time, revealing how athletes really act, talk and think back when such candor was taboo.
Charlotte Observer
A no-holds-barred diary. . . . One really gets a sense of the physical, mental and emotional agonies players can go through in a season.
Orlando Sentinel
[Kramer is] observant, honest, sensitive and a bone-crusher at right guard.
The Oregonian
The ultimate football diary. . . . Detailed and dramatic. . . . Kramer s description of his decisive block against Jethro Pugh at the goal line in the waning seconds [of the Ice Bowl] . . . is as fresh and raw as the minus-15-degree weather at kickoff.
Tampa Tribune
In my life as a writer and reader, there are only a few books that I ve read over and over again for the sheer pleasure of the experience. Jerry Kramer s Instant Replay is the only sports book among them. I loved it when I was a teenage, and I love it still today.
David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered"
Jerry Kramer was a right guard for the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1968. During his time with the team, the Packers won five National Championships and Super Bowls I and II. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame in 1977. He lives in Boise, Idaho.
Dick Schaap (1934 2002), a sportswriter, broadcaster, and author or coauthor of thirty-three books, reported for NBC Nightly News, the Today show, ABC World News Tonight, 20/20, and ESPN and was the recipient of five Emmy Awards."
Dick Schaap (1934 2002), a sportswriter, broadcaster, and author or coauthor of thirty-three books, reported for NBC Nightly News, the Today show, ABC World News Tonight, 20/20, and ESPN and was the recipient of five Emmy Awards."
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherHoltzman Pr
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0941372057
- ISBN 13 9780941372053
- BindingHardcover
- Rating
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want