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Promises to keep : my inspired run from Syracuse to Denver to the hall /
- Title
- Promises to keep : my inspired run from Syracuse to Denver to the hall / Floyd Little with Tom Mackie.
- Author
- Little, Floyd, 1942-
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : Triumph Books, c2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Mackie, Tom, 1963-
- Description
- xxii, 250 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Born in poverty and told he wasn't college material, Floyd's uncommon will to succeed proved every naysayer wrong, from high school, military school, college, and the pros until he was finally recognized with induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Tom Coughlin -- Preface / Gary Smith -- Introduction / Marc Little -- The beginning -- Prep school -- Syracuse University -- Welcome to the Broncos! -- The Lou Saban years -- John Ralston and the rah-rah Broncos -- Cast of characters -- A new winning altitude -- The AFC West and other hazardous teams -- More memorable games and plays -- Mile High sendoff -- Positively old school -- Super Bowls and the final, final game at Mile High -- Broncos fans, the world's greatest -- Finally, Canton! -- Coming back home to Syracuse.
- ISBN
- 9781600787539 (hbk.)
- 1600787533 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012020779
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library