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John Elway: Armed & Dangerous - Revised and Updated to Include 1997 Super Bowl Season (Paperback, Revised Ed)
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John Elway: Armed & Dangerous - Revised and Updated to Include 1997 Super Bowl Season (Paperback, Revised Ed)
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John Elway is the NFL's consummate quarterback. He consumes
opponents with his legendary arm, dashing runs, and incredible will
to win.His statistical feats made him suitable for framing at the
Hall of Fame long ago. His miracle fourth-quarter comeback
victories have become commonplace. His mountain-man ruggedness has
endeared him to both peers and fans, who saw him lift the Denver
Broncos onto his back and then carry them to three Super Bowls, the
closest thing to a one-man team in modern times. But Elway has
tested the ultimate boundaries of his will and skills in ways he
never could have imagined at Stanford, where he was college
football's ultimate Golden Boy. When he arrived in the NFL in 1983,
many scouts believed he has the potential to "be the best
quarterback ever." But Elway played like a bumbling parody of
himself during his first two disappointing seasons with the
Broncos, providing easy fodder for his critics, some of whom never
forgave him for refusing to play for the Baltimore Colts, the team
that selected him first in the 1983 draft. Elway forced the trade
that sent him to Denver, but even the Broncos famously fervent fans
were asking the same question a national magazine posed in 1985:
"Whatever happened to John Elway?" Later Elway would come to clash
with coach Dan Reeves, whose constricted, conservative offense
sheathed his brilliance. Later, Elway would cry out, "I'm
suffocating!" because of the relentless scrutiny of Denver's media,
which reported hi life as thoroughly as the Washington press corps
does the President's. But Elway also developed into one of the
greatest football players of any time, and into a timeless hero to
his fans. In these "hip"fleeting times, Elway is a throwback to
football's golden past, when winning and fighting to win were more
important than pots of gold and Q ratings. "John Elway: Armed and
Dangerous" is the story of the rise and fall-and eventual triumph
of one of sport's most enduring, endearing stars. It is the story
of Elway's relationship with his dad, a college coach who raised
his son to play like tough, feisty Bobby Layne. It's a story of a
great escape artist who dodged disaster on and off the field with
rare aplomb. It's the story of a Golden Boy who steeled himself in
crises so that his rare talents wouldn't be wasted. It's the story
of a 36-year-old man who, in his final few seasons, is determined
to become the greatest quarterback ever.
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