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Elway : a relentless life / Jason Cole.

Summary:

Before his NFL career even started, John Elway was at the center of the craziest play in college football history; he threw a play so iconic in Super Bowl lore that it's played on highlight reels every January in the lead up to the game. Over the first 10 years of his professional career Elway led Denver to three Super Bowls, but lost in progressively worse fashion each time. Finally, after 15 years of perseverance, Elway led the Broncos to back-to-back championships. He won the Most Valuable Player award in his final Super Bowl game and then walked away from football. Within four years of quitting football he suffered personal tragedies and a difficult divorce. In search of redemption, Elway returned to football-- and spent eight years running the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League. Cole shows that through it all, Elway has always put his passion for competition on display. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9780316455770
ISBN: 0316455776
Physical Description: xxix, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- Preface -- Jack -- The barracuda and the sheriff -- From a Chevy -- An odd way to L.A. -- Happy Jack's flying circus -- High school -- The recruiting trail -- Number one versus number one -- Early signs of trouble -- Elway versus Elway -- Ups, downs, and an awful ending -- Kill or be killed -- George Steinbrenner's dream -- Pete Rozelle's quandary -- Edgar Kaiser and the pursuit of Elway -- Arm of gold, knee of tin -- Dan Reeves and the QB culture war -- Driving the Browns out of Cleveland -- Super misery -- Bradshaw pours it on, 49ers reign -- Pat Bowlen, red teeth, and Reeves -- The Wade years -- Don't be afraid to manage -- Sunflower seeds -- Beating the packers -- 1998 -- Retirement -- The arena challenge -- Paige -- Tebowmania -- Peyton -- Fox trots, Manning dances -- Miracle on 13655 Broncos Parkway -- Super Bowl 50 -- The next challenge.