Perfection (eBook)

The Inside Story of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' Perfect Season

Bob Griese, Dave Hyde (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
272 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-118-28237-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The inside story of the only undefeated team in NFL history, the 1972 Miami Dolphins?by the Hall of Fame quarterback who led it to victoryHall of Fame quarterback and long-time ABC college football announcer Bob Griese is a living football legend. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' incredible championship season, Griese tells the behind-the-scenes story of the team both on and off the field as it achieved a feat no other team has ever succeeded in matching: perfection.You'll see Griese shocked in his first meeting with Joe Robbie as the Dolphins owner balanced big contract figures and a staggering number of drinks. You'll hear Griese meeting Don Shula for the first time and being ordered to start staying in the pass pocket rather than scrambling. "e;Build me a pocket and I'll stay in it,'' Griese told Shula. You'll understand the friendship and on-field relationship developed between Griese and Paul Warfield after they became the Dolphins' first inter-racial roommates.You'll follow Griese through a storied season that began with him wondering just how good the Dolphins actually were and ended with him awarding the game ball in the winning Super Bowl locker room. Along the way you'll hear:How Shula implemented and Griese embraced the first use of situation substitution in the NFL and the controversy it caused in a backfield of Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick and Mercury MorrisThe lengths to which NFL players of that era kept themselves on the field, including regular trips from the hospital bed to the playing fieldInsight and anecdotes from Hall of Fame players Warfield, Csonka, Nick Buoniconti, Jim Langer, and Larry Little as well as Griese Packed with behind-the-scenes drama and on-the-field excitement, Perfection is a book every football fan will want to read.

Autor

BOB GRIESE was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 and was a national college analyst for ABC from 1987 until retiring in 2011. In his fourteen-year career with the Miami Dolphins, Griese was part of two Super Bowl champions and was named to the Pro Bowl six times. He was the first Dolphins player to have his number retired.DAVE HYDE of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has been repeatedly named one of the nation's top sports columnists and feature writers by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Over the years, he has worked with and interviewed most of the members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins.

Inhalt

Prologue 11 Are We Really That Good? 72 Three Men and the Backfield 153 The Education of a Quarterback 274 The Color of Miami 455 My Sunday Nightmare 636 Pain and Other Inconveniences 797 The Architect 978 The Names behind the No-Name Defense 1159 The Man Who Fired Flipper—and Built a Dynasty 12710 Too Small, Too Short, Too Much 14511 Howard and Us 15712 Shula: A Study in Character 16313 A Partnership of Opposites 17314 The Mushrooms 18915 The Next Season 20916 Sweet Returns 21517 Perfection 223Index 253

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.7.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: 1972 Miami Dolphins • Bob Griese • Dave Hyde • don shula • Football • football biographies • Miami • Miami Dolphins • Miami football • National Football League • nfl history • perfection • Perfection: The Inside Story of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' Perfect Season • Super Bowl • us state and local history
• ISBN-10: 1-118-28237-X / 111828237X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-28237-3 / 9781118282373