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This detailed narrative looks back at the 1968 New York Jets team that shocked the world by beating the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. In the straightforward narrative, Lederer, a market researcher and lifelong Jets fan, quickly recounts the season and big game before pulling back to highlight the players, coaches, and executives who made the Jets victory possible. In doing so, he turns the focus away from Joe Namath, the flashy, celebrity quarterback who promised fans a Jets victory before the game was played. The result is an anecdote-heavy but at times disjointed account of the team. Lederer tells of linebacker Al Atkinson playing the second half of the Super Bowl with a separated shoulder and of offensive tackle Winston Hill playing with a broken neck. Lederer also lists the many players who developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or dementia due to head injuries. Most excitingly, Lederer weaves in the exclusive access he got to coach Weeb Ewbank’s playbooks, including personal player evaluations (running back Matt Snell “was not performing as well as his previous rookie season”) and the game plan for Superbowl III (Ewbank “knew that a short passing game and a strong running attack were essential to upending Baltimore”). Football fans will enjoy this comprehensive glimpse into one of the game’s great teams. Agent: Dawn Michelle Hardy, Serendipity Literary Agency. (Sept.)
“Beyond Broadway Joe gives great insights into that famous Jets team and those individuals. A great read for any football fan and an absolute must for Jet fans.” -Rex Ryan, former New York Jets coach
On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of*the New York Jets'*historic achievement, a nostalgic, inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe Namath's Super Bowl III win, filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players, coaches, and management of that championship team whose victory changed the landscape of American football.
On January 12, 1969, the New York Jets astonished the nation when they beat the favored Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III. The key to the Jets' success was quarterback Joe Namath, whose superstar talent, revolutionary personality, cockiness, and charm made him an instant celebrity. But Namath didn't do it alone.
In Beyond Broadway Joe, the members of that legendary team share for the first time their often funny, sometimes poignant, and always perceptive personal stories and memorable anecdotes about the Super Bowl team, its players and coaches, and that legendary win. They reminisce about how they became Jets, their success on the gridiron-ten of them were AFC All Stars that magical year of 1968-and reveal for the first time the tactic Namath used to frustrate the Baltimore Colts' defense. They speak about their reactions to Namath's ""guarantee"" of a Jets' Super Bowl victory, and how the ""39 Forgotten"" Jets behind him enabled Joe to fulfill that boast. Furthermore, Lederer has interviewed members of the Baltimore team, to provide a 360-degree account of the game that changed it all.
The Jets players reflect on their evolution from a team considered part of a ""Mickey Mouse"" league, through the sudden transformation caused by the signing and introduction of Joe Namath on America's sporting scene. The book explains from different angles-including Jets' game plans-why Jets' coaches and players were supremely confident going into Super Bowl III. Written by a lifelong Jets' fan, Beyond Broadway Joe captures memories-and through never-before-seen material-sheds light on what happened from the 1963 launch of the Jets to the Super Bowl season and in Super Bowl III itself.
This first complete celebration of the Jets' Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard, for fans of the old American Football League, those who*follow the history of professional football, and for all who love the game.
“Beyond Broadway Joe gives great insights into that famous Jets team and those individuals. A great read for any football fan and an absolute must for Jet fans.” -Rex Ryan, former New York Jets coach
On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of*the New York Jets'*historic achievement, a nostalgic, inside look from the men who composed the team behind Joe Namath's Super Bowl III win, filled with exclusive insights and stories from the surviving players, coaches, and management of that championship team whose victory changed the landscape of American football.
On January 12, 1969, the New York Jets astonished the nation when they beat the favored Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III. The key to the Jets' success was quarterback Joe Namath, whose superstar talent, revolutionary personality, cockiness, and charm made him an instant celebrity. But Namath didn't do it alone.
In Beyond Broadway Joe, the members of that legendary team share for the first time their often funny, sometimes poignant, and always perceptive personal stories and memorable anecdotes about the Super Bowl team, its players and coaches, and that legendary win. They reminisce about how they became Jets, their success on the gridiron-ten of them were AFC All Stars that magical year of 1968-and reveal for the first time the tactic Namath used to frustrate the Baltimore Colts' defense. They speak about their reactions to Namath's ""guarantee"" of a Jets' Super Bowl victory, and how the ""39 Forgotten"" Jets behind him enabled Joe to fulfill that boast. Furthermore, Lederer has interviewed members of the Baltimore team, to provide a 360-degree account of the game that changed it all.
The Jets players reflect on their evolution from a team considered part of a ""Mickey Mouse"" league, through the sudden transformation caused by the signing and introduction of Joe Namath on America's sporting scene. The book explains from different angles-including Jets' game plans-why Jets' coaches and players were supremely confident going into Super Bowl III. Written by a lifelong Jets' fan, Beyond Broadway Joe captures memories-and through never-before-seen material-sheds light on what happened from the 1963 launch of the Jets to the Super Bowl season and in Super Bowl III itself.
This first complete celebration of the Jets' Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard, for fans of the old American Football League, those who*follow the history of professional football, and for all who love the game.
Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170385690 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 09/11/2018 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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