When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time

When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time

by William Gildea
ISBN-10:
0801853796
ISBN-13:
9780801853791
Pub. Date:
10/17/1996
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10:
0801853796
ISBN-13:
9780801853791
Pub. Date:
10/17/1996
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time

When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time

by William Gildea
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Overview

In this personal and moving book, William Gildea blends reminiscences of his boyhood in Baltimore with profiles of famous Colts players such as Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Gino Marchetti, Raymond Berry, Art Donovan, Y. A. Tittle, and others. Recalling his relationship with his father and the love they shared for a team, Gildea evokes the spirit of 1950s America, when professional athletes were workaday neighbors and community was more than a political slogan. This is a story, too, about the geography of the heart: why something so simple as a team can arouse such emotional attachments, how a group of players with horseshoes on their helmets could have been part of the generational glue between parent and child. Written with feeling and insight, this is an affecting tribute to a team and a time etched in memory.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801853791
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/17/1996
Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf
Edition description: 20
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.92(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

William Gildea is a sportswriter for the Washington Post. He and his wife, Mary Fran, parents of four, live in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Larry King

William Gildea's When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore is to football what Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer was to baseball. It's one of the best reads in a long, long time and should be a best seller.

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William Gildea's When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore is to football what Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer was to baseball. It's one of the best reads in a long, long time and should be a best seller.
—Larry King

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