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The year the Packers came back : Green Bay's 1972 resurgence /
- Title
- The year the Packers came back : Green Bay's 1972 resurgence / Joe Zagorski ; Foreword by Mike Holmgren.
- Author
- Zagorski, Joe,
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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- Description
- xi, 247 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The 1972 Green Bay Packers were not expected to challenge for a playoff spot, or even to top their four victories from the season before. The team lacked bona fide superstars. But the players were an eclectic group of over-achievers, 20 of whom were brand new to the team. Despite disheartening decisions by a questionable head coach, they gelled almost immediately and by season's end became the only Packers team throughout the 1970s to earn a division title. How they succeeded beyond all expectations is one of the great stories in pro football history"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Misery, draft and trades -- Potential amidst early injuries -- Statement wins -- A vital comeback -- A predictable slump -- Losing a coach, gaining a perspective -- A team in every sense -- The late-season drive for victory -- The pack is back -- Losing too soon -- Proud to be a Packer -- A legacy remembered.
- ISBN
- 9781476674247
- 1476674248
- 9781476637853 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019047797
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library