Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock [SIGNED FIRST EDITION]

Johnny Holliday; Stephen Moore; Tony Kornheiser

ISBN 10: 158261461X / ISBN 13: 9781582614618

Published by Sports Publishing LLC, 2002

About this Item

This is a pristine and unread copy from the first printing of the first edition which is signed by both Mr. Holliday and co-author Stephen Moore. Includes a laid-in full-color card from Mr. Moore featuring some of his other books. Please see my attached photos of the book and signatures.

Seller Inventory # 2GFLDBC9

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock [SIGNED FIRST EDITION]
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158261461X
• ISBN 13: 9781582614618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed

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Synopsis

In Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock, the pioneer Top 40 DJ retraces the steps that carried him from an "all black" R&B station in hometown Miami to his current 24 year tenure as radio play-by-play voice of the University of Maryland Terrapins. Written with his friend and journalist Stephen Moore, Johnny recalls his glory rock and roll DJ days in Cleveland, New York (where he worked with Murray the K), and San Francisco; his job as PA announcer for the Browns, Warriors, and Raiders; his live coverage of nine Olympic Games for ABC Sports; and, in a diverse career that includes creating the "Radio One-ders," the first radio station charity team, his adventures with close friends and professional colleagues like Rick Barry, Paul Hornung, Sal Bando, Joe Theismann, Joe Dimaggio, Morgan Wooten, Denny McLaine, Ted Williams, Sugar Ray Leonard, and U-MD Coaches Gary Williams and Ralph Friedgen.

From the Back Cover

In Miami, in Rochester, in Cleveland, in New York, in San Francisco, in Washington, DC.Over the years, hundreds of thousands of kids in city apartments and suburban tract houses and rural barns tuned into Johnny Holliday, eager for his voice, knowing he was speaking just to them. -- From the Foreword by Tony Kornheiser

"He's been one of the most familiar voices in radio for decades, as a disk jockey, sportscaster, and the 'voice-over' for commercials. I know him best as the 'voice of God' announcing TV shows, including my own. And Johnny Holliday has loved almost every minute of it. This exuberant account of his years in broadcasting will make you smile and then laugh out loud. What a life! -- Cokie Roberts | ABC News, National Public Radio