Pain gang : pro football's fifty toughest players / Neil Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Neil, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Football League--Biography.

National Football League.

National Football League--History.

Football players--United States--Biography.

Football players.

Football--United States--History.

Football.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C : Potomac Books, Inc., [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the going gets tough, these guys get going

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; QUARTERBACKS; 1. Y. A. Tittle: Leaving It All on the Field; 2. Johnny Unitas: The Quarterback Nobody Wanted; 3. John Brodie: If It Keeps Breaking, Don't Fix It; 4. Archie Manning: Taking a Beating in the Big Easy; 5. Joe Montana: King of Cool; 6. Brett Favre: Playing for Free; 7. Steve McNair: There's Doubtful, Questionable . . . and McNair; 8. Donovan McNabb: Leading by Example; RUNNING BACKS; 9. Bronko Nagurski: The Original Tough Guy; 10. Clarke Hinkle: Battling with The Bronk

11. Marion Motley: Breaking Down Barriers12. Jim Brown: Superman in Cleats; 13. Jim Taylor: Running with Power; 14. Larry Csonka: Country Toughness; 15. Rocky Bleier: A Comeback for the Ages; 16. Walter Payton: Sweetness Had Toughness; 17. Earl Campbell: Tough to Bring Down; 18. Emmitt Smith: Shouldering the Load; RECEIVERS AND TIGHT ENDS; 19. Tommy McDonald: The Little Man with the Big Heart; 20. Mike Ditka: Born to Be Tough; 21. Mark Bavaro: Don't Call Me Rambo; OFFENSIVE LINEMEN; 22. George Trafton: The Brute; 23. Mel Hein: The Sixty-Minute Man; 24. Frank Kinard: The Bruiser

25. Jim Otto: Mr. Consistency26. Bob Brown: A Booming Presence; DEFENSIVE LINEMEN; 27. Len Ford: Overcoming the Odds; 28. Ernie Stautner: A Pile-Driving Force; 29. Gino Marchetti: The Survival Instinct; 30. Deacon Jones: The Sack Master; 31. Joe Greene: They Called Him "Mean"; 32. Jack Youngblood: Playing with Pain; 33. Randy White: Shark Eyes; 34. Dan Hampton: The Windy City Warrior; LINEBACKERS; 35. Chuck Bednarik: Last of the Two-Way Terrors; 36. Sam Huff: In the Spotlight; 37. Jack Pardee: From Junction to the NFL; 38. Ray Nitschke: If Looks Could Kill; 39. Dave Wilcox: The Intimidator

40. Dick Butkus: One Tough Hombre41. Willie Lanier: The Thinking Man's Linebacker; 42. Jack Lambert: Man of Steel; 43. Mike Singletary: The Eyes Have It; 44. Lawrence Taylor: NFL Wild Man; 45. Tedy Bruschi: Back in the Game; DEFENSIVE BACKS; 46. Dick "Night Train" Lane: The Unlikeliest Hall of Famer; 47. Larry Wilson: Every Quarterback's Nightmare; 48. Mel Blount: In Your Face; 49. Ronnie Lott: NFL Kamikaze; 50. Rodney Harrison: Demanding Respect; 51. The Toughest Ever?; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-337-6

OCLC:

755582551