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A Lie Will Suffice - A DiGiovanni Family History (Hardcover): Jay Wilkinson A Lie Will Suffice - A DiGiovanni Family History (Hardcover)
Jay Wilkinson
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Lie Will Suffice - A DiGiovanni Family History (Paperback): Jay Wilkinson A Lie Will Suffice - A DiGiovanni Family History (Paperback)
Jay Wilkinson
R625 R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Save R91 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Oklahoma's Bennie Owen - Man for All Seasons (Hardcover): Gary King Oklahoma's Bennie Owen - Man for All Seasons (Hardcover)
Gary King; Foreword by Jay Wilkinson
R788 R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Save R128 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dear Jay, Love Dad - Bud Wilkinson's Letters to His Son (Paperback): Jay Wilkinson Dear Jay, Love Dad - Bud Wilkinson's Letters to His Son (Paperback)
Jay Wilkinson; Foreword by Mike Krzyzewski
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

College football fans need no introduction to Bud Wilkinson, but few of them know the great University of Oklahoma football coach as a devoted father. In "Dear Jay, Love Bud," Jay Wilkinson, Bud's younger son, shares forty-seven letters his father wrote to him while he was in college and graduate school. Spanning the early to mid-1960s, these letters reveal Bud's deep love for his son, as well as the philosophy and values that led to his remarkable success in sports and in life.

Beginning with the first letter Bud wrote when Jay left home, this collection shows a father guiding his son toward his own path while stressing the importance of service to others. The embodiment of the scholar-athlete, Bud mixes encouragement with intellectual discussions. When Jay reads American philosopher William James for a class at Duke University, his father, a serious student of literature, reads the book, too, and uses its insights to help Jay deal with the challenges of his freshman year. Bud writes about his own challenges, as well, including his debate over whether to accept the Kennedy administration's invitation to head the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Jay's comments about each of these letters provide context and further insight.

By the time Jay becomes a graduate student at the Episcopal Theological School, the correspondence turns toward religion and politics, as Bud reflects on the philosophical issues of the day and on his unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate in 1964. His belief that the greatest leaders are not always the most popular made him an unlikely politician even then, but a wonderful role model and interlocutor for his son. Bud's thoughts on ethics in business and politics are as inspiring today as when he wrote them a half-century ago.

Wishbone - Oklahoma Football, 1959-1985 (Paperback): Wann Smith Wishbone - Oklahoma Football, 1959-1985 (Paperback)
Wann Smith; Foreword by Jay Wilkinson
R580 R496 Discovery Miles 4 960 Save R84 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Oklahoma Sooners dominated the world of college football during the 1950s. Under the leadership of Coach Bud Wilkinson, the team won three national titles and established an astounding record of forty-seven straight victories that still stands today. Yet by 1959, Wilkinson's Sooners were showing signs of vulnerability, marking the start of a new and challenging era in Oklahoma football. Then along came a new offensive strategy, and OU began to dominate college football once again.In Wishbone, veteran journalist Wann Smith provides an in-depth account of Sooner football from the team's final years under Wilkinson through its remarkable turnaround under Coach Barry Switzer. At the heart of this story is the phenomenal success of the Wishbone offense - a hybrid offshoot of the Split-t formation that Wilkinson employed so successfully in the 1950s. Though not without its risks, the Wishbone offense changed the face of college football and was a key factor in Oklahoma's resurgence in the 1970s with Switzer at the helm. Drawing on firsthand accounts from coaches, players, and university administrators, many never before published, Smith takes us behind the scenes during this exciting comeback period to reveal not just what happened but why and how it happened. And he brings to life the personalities who played pivotal roles in the team's renewed success, including Jack Mildren, Greg Pruitt, Joe Washington, Billy Sims, and any, many others. Sooner fans, indeed all fans of college football, will relish this account of the remaking of a football powerhouse and its return to glory.

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