Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?

by Marv Levy, Jim Kelly (Foreword by)

Overview

Forty-seven years of joyous celebrations after victories and crushing disappointments after defeats are encompassed in Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?, but it is about more than just touchdowns and interceptions—it’s about how a person like Marv Levy, dedicated to his life’s work, can begin his career as the obscure assistant coach of a high school junior varsity team and decades later lead a team to the Super Bowl. Readers will learn about the character, persistence, and personalities of those incomparable Buffalo Bills of the 1990s who so resolutely pursued their impossible dream. Sports fans will look forward to each adventure contained in these pages, and will no doubt agree with the sentiment of the author: “Where else would I rather be than right here—right now!”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613215913
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	12/27/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	970,211
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Levy was born in Chicago and developed a love for sports at a young age. After high school, he served from 1943 to 1946 in the Army Air Corps. At Coe College he was a talented running back and sprinter and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. He later earned a master's degree at Harvard University in English history. He joined the Buffalo Bills as head coach in 1987. In 2001 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He currently lives in Chicago with his family.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	ix
Section I	"When You Are Going Through Hell, Keep On Going."
Chapter 1	Tampa Stadium, January 27, 1991	2
Section II	From South Chicago to Harvard
Chapter 2	Sowt Chick-ahgo in da Nineteen Toitees	12
Chapter 3	Nothing Can Stop the Army Air Corps	32
Chapter 4	What in the World Is a Kohawk?	45
Chapter 5	Fair Harvard	54
Section III	Time to Start Earning a Living
Chapter 6	Just Call Me "Coach"	64
Chapter 7	I Gotta Go Back to Coe Again	69
Chapter 8	Where Else Would You Rather Be?	76
Chapter 9	California-Here I Come	85
Chapter 10	The Overachievers	105
Section IV	Special Teams Are Really a Kick
Chapter 11	Pro Football! I Love It!	122
Chapter 12	California Dreamin' with George Allen	130
Chapter 13	Mr. Allen Comes to Washington	148
Chapter 14	Hail to the Redskins	165
Section V	North of the Border
Chapter 15	Take This Job and Love It	182
Chapter 16	'Twas Not the Season to Be Jolly	196
Chapter 17	My Grey Cup Runneth Over	206
Section VI	The Battle of Kansas City
Chapter 18	Can We Go to the Super Bowl with This Quarterback?	214
Chapter 19	Stick to Your Guns	229
Chapter 20	Turning a Corner?	238
Chapter 21	Strike Three! You're Out!	248
Section VII	The State Between the Wars
Chapter 22	Have I Got a Deal for You	264
Chapter 23	When a Coach Is No Longer a Coach	274
Section VIII	Reborn
Chapter 24	Nothing Is as Beautiful as Niagara Falls	282
Chapter 25	The Pendulum Begins to Swing Our Way	287
Chapter 26	Strike Four!	300
Chapter 27	The Day They Tore the Goalposts Down	311
Chapter 28	The Bickering Bills	322
Chapter 29	It Wasn't All Football	331
Section IX	The Buffalo Bills Ride Herd
Chapter 30	1990 Was a Super Year	338
Chapter 31	We're Going Back to the Super Bowl	357
Chapter 32	Four Scores and Seven Minutes Ago	365
Chapter 33	The Dream Goes On	382
Chapter 34	Never Give In. Never Give In. Never! Never! Never!	388
Chapter 35	Farewell to Buffalo	405
	Epilogue	413