Publishing on the 50th anniversary of that magic season, the
definitive chronicle of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only
undefeated team in NFL history-from an award-winning literary
sportswriterThe 1972 Miami Dolphins had something to prove. Losers
in the previous Super Bowl, a ragtag bunch of overlooked,
underappreciated, or just plain old players, they were led by Don
Shula, a genius young coach obsessed with obliterating the
reputation that he couldn't win the big game. And as the Dolphins
headed into only their seventh season, all eyes were on Miami. For
the last time, a city was hosting both national political
conventions, and the backdrop to this season of redemption would be
turbulent: the culture wars, the Nixon reelection campaign, the
strange, unfolding saga of Watergate, and the war in
Vietnam.Generational and cultural divides abounded on the team as
well. There were long-haired, bell-bottomed party animals such as
Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich, as well as the stylish Marv Fleming and
Curtis Johnson, with his supernova afro, playing alongside
conservative, straight-laced men like the quarterbacks: Bob Griese
and the crew-cut savior, 38-year-old backup Earl Morrall. Larry
Csonka and Jim Kiick, nicknamed "Butch and Sundance," had to make
way for a third running back, the outspoken and flamboyant Mercury
Morris. But unlike the fractious society around them, this racially
and culturally diverse group found a way to meld seamlessly into a
team. The perfect team. Marshall Jon Fisher's Seventeen and Oh is a
compelling, fast-paced account of a season unlike any other.
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