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Title: When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time by William Gildea ISBN: 0-8018-5379-6 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful book
Comment: I'm not a Colts fan, I've never been to Baltimore, and I grew up ten years too late for the 1950s but this is still the best football book I've ever read. Much of it is down to William Gildea's engaging writing style and his ability to seamlessly blend interview with reminiscence. This book isn't so much about the Colts as it is about growing up in Baltimore during the 1950s - which, for me, only strengthens its appeal.
With books like this and John Eisenberg's "Cotton Bowl Days," George Plimpton's "the smaller the ball, the better the literature" axiom is, at long last, under threat.
Can't recommend this strongly enough.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gallant and Golden Time
Comment: This is a book that evokes memories of a golden era in America and American sports when men played professional football for the love of the game. To those who loved them, the Baltimore Colts of the late 50's and 60's were a gallant and mythical team that resonated with names like Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Alan "The Horse" Ameche, "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Raymond Berry, Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, and Weeb Ewbank. William Gildea has captured, in a wistful reminiscence, these men and that time...a time when the players were an integral part of the community and the community shared a deep and abiding emotional attachment to the team. This was professional football before free agency, player strikes, owner lockouts, and team relocations.
Like Mr. Gildea, my father introduced me to the Colts when I was a small boy. Like Mr. Gildea, my father instilled an appreciation for the men with the horseshoes on their helmets who won with quiet humility, lost with defiant grace, and personified determination, hard work, and team loyalty. My father and I had never been within 2,000 miles of the city of Baltimore, yet through television on Sunday afternoons, we felt the Colts were our team, too. Sadly, the Baltimore Colts have been forever consigned to memories. In this book, you can relive those memories and once again hear the names of the legends and the prideful roar of a city echo across the years...
Rating: 4
Summary: Colts
Comment: I'm Reading this book and let me tell you something, this is a great book. Tells the story of an old time football team and it talks about the great Colts players like Jonnhy Unitas, Raymond Barry, Lenny Moore, and other greats. A real must read for any TRUE football fan!
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Title: Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia by Ted Patterson, Edwin H. Remsberg, Raymond Berry ISBN: 0801864240 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Johnny Unitas: The Best There Ever Was by Roland Lazenby ISBN: 1572435461 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Where They Ain't : The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the TeamThat Gave Birth to Modern Baseball by Burt Solomon ISBN: 0385498829 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Sundays at 2:00 With the Baltimore Colts by Vince Bagli, Norman L. MacHt, Vince Bagli ISBN: 087033476X Publisher: Tidewater Pub Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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