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Originally Posted by Sweed
Sometimes it's just fun to come to these boards and be reminded of similar experiences we had growing up. This so reminiscent of my youth going to the school library, late 60's early 70's, and finding and reading a series of books about football players. I hadn't thought of it in many years until reading Eugene's post. Try as I might I could not remember the titles or the authors. I only knew they were about players for the LA Rams ( check out my avatar  ). Yes I was a Rams fan despite living in Iowa.
So I googled a bunch of phrases trying to come up with what these books were but, no joy. Then a title popped up in my head, "The Runningback" which made me recall "The Quarterback", "The Receiver" etc. I googled and there it all was. Tex Maule was the author...
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo...BoClfUQAvD_BwE
https://www.amazon.com/Quarterback-N.../dp/B000X1NCGK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Maule
Unfortunately looks like they are only collectors items now. Too bad not on Kindle, I'd certainly buy at least one to relive old times.
Sorry to distract from the baseball but EC brought back a rush of memories and I wanted to say thanks.  |
Loved the Los Angeles Rams when I was a kid... Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Tom Fears, Deacon Dan Towler... the Rams were the second-best team in the NFL... Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns were the best... Otto Graham, Jim Brown, Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Mac Speedie, Kenny Konz, Marion Motley... some great games between them in the early 50s... sadly for me, a Rams fan, Browns won almost all of them.