In a time "when men played football for something less than a
living and something more than money," John Unitas was the ultimate
quarterback. Rejected by Notre Dame, discarded by the Pittsburgh
Steelers, he started on a Pennsylvania sandlot making six dollars a
game and ended as the most commanding presence in the National
Football League, calling the critical plays and completing the
crucial passes at the moment his sport came of age.
"Johnny U" is the first authoritative biography of Unitas, based on
hundreds of hours of interviews with teammates and opponents,
coaches, family and friends. The depth of Tom Callahan's research
allows him to present something more than a biography, something
approaching an oral history of a bygone sporting era. It was a time
when players were paid a pittance and superstars painted houses and
tiled floors in the off-season--when ex-soldiers and marines like
Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, and "Big Daddy" Lipscomb fell in
behind a special field general in Baltimore. Few took more
punishment than Unitas. His refusal to leave the field, even when
savagely bloodied by opposing linemen, won his teammates' respect.
His insistence on taking the blame for others' mistakes inspired
their love. His encyclopedic football mind, in which he'd filed
every play the Colts had ever run, was a wonder.
In the seminal championship game of 1958, when Unitas led the Colts
over the Giants in the NFL's first sudden-death overtime, Sundays
changed. John didn't. As one teammate said, "It was one of the best
things about him."
"From the Hardcover edition."
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