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The year the Packers came back : Green Bay's 1972 resurgence / Joe Zagorski ; Foreword by Mike Holmgren.
Van Pelt Library GV956.G7 Z347 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zagorski, Joe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Green Bay Packers (Football team)--History.
- Green Bay Packers (Football team).
- Football players--Wisconsin--Green Bay--History.
- Football players.
- History.
- Wisconsin--Green Bay.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "The 1972 Green Bay Packers were not expected to challenge for a playoff spot, or even to top their four victories from the season before. The team lacked bona fide superstars. But the players were an eclectic group of over-achievers, 20 of whom were brand new to the team. Despite disheartening decisions by a questionable head coach, they gelled almost immediately and by season's end became the only Packers team throughout the 1970s to earn a division title. How they succeeded beyond all expectations is one of the great stories in pro football history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Misery, draft and trades
- Potential amidst early injuries
- Statement wins
- A vital comeback
- A predictable slump
- Losing a coach, gaining a perspective
- A team in every sense
- The late-season drive for victory
- The pack is back
- Losing too soon
- Proud to be a Packer
- A legacy remembered.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476674247
- 1476674248
- OCLC:
- 1108560564
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