At last, the definitive account of the Redskins' championship
decade Based on more than ninety original interviews, here is the
rollicking chronicle of the famed Washington Redskins teams of the
Joe Gibbs years--one of the most remarkable and unique runs in NFL
history. From 1981 to 1992, Gibbs coached the franchise to three
Super Bowl victories, making the team the toast of the nation's
capital, from the political elite to the inner city, and helping to
define one of the sport's legendary eras. Veteran sportswriter Adam
Lazarus masterfully charts the Redskins' rise from mediocrity (the
franchise had never won a Super Bowl and Gibbs's first year as head
coach started with a five-game losing streak that almost cost him
his job) to its stretch of four championship games in ten years.
What makes their sustained success all the more remarkable, in
retrospect, is that unlike the storied championship wins of Joe
Montana's 49ers and Tom Brady's Patriots, the Redskins' Super Bowl
victories each featured a different starting quarterback: Joe
Theismann in 1983, the franchise's surprising first championship
run; Doug Williams in 1988, a win full of meaning for a majority
African American city during a tumultuous era; and Mark Rypien in
1992, capping one of the greatest seasons of all time, one that
stands as Gibbs's masterpiece. Hail to the Redskins features an
epic roster of saints and sinners: hard-drinking fullback John
Riggins; the dominant, blue-collar offensive linemen known as "the
Hogs," who became a cultural phenomenon; quarterbacks Williams, the
first African American QB to win a Super Bowl, and Theisman, a
model-handsome pitchman whose leg was brutally broken by Lawrence
Taylor on Monday Night Football; gregarious defensive end Dexter
Manley, who would be banned from the league for cocaine abuse; and
others including the legendary speedster Darrell Green,
record-breaking receiver Art Monk, rags-to-riches QB Rypien, expert
general managers and talent evaluators Bobby Beathard and Charley
Casserly, aristocratic owner Jack Kent Cooke, and, of course, Gibbs
himself, a devout Christian who was also a ruthless competitor and
one of the sport's most adaptable and creative coaching minds. A
must-read for any fan, Hail to the Redskins builds on Lazarus's
interviews with key inside sources to vividly re-create the plays,
the players, the fans, and the opponents that shaped this
unforgettable football dynasty.
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