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The Dancing Bear: My Eighteen Years in the Trenches of the AFL and NFL

English

By (author): Rob Morris Ron McDole

From the early sixties to the late seventies, defensive end Ron McDole experienced footballs golden age from inside his oldschool, twobar helmet. During an eighteenyear pro career, McDolenicknamed The Dancing Bearplayed in over 250 games, including two AFL Championships with the Buffalo Bills and one NFL Championship with the Washington Redskins. 

A cagey and deceptively agile athlete, McDole wreaked havoc on footballs best offenses as part of a Bills defensive line that held opponents without a rushing touchdown for seventeen straight games. His twelve interceptions remain a pro record for defensive ends. Traded by the Bills in 1970, he was given new life in Washington as one of the most famous members of George Allens gamesmart veterans known as The OvertheHill Gang. Through it all, McDole was known and loved by teammates and foes alike for his knowledge and skill on the field and his ability to have fun off it.

In The Dancing Bear McDole the storyteller traces his life from his humble beginnings in Toledo, Ohio, to his four years at the University of Nebraska, his marriage to high school sweetheart Paula, and his long, accomplished professional career. He recounts the days when a pro football player needed an offseason job to pay the bills and teams had to drive around in buses to find a city park in which to practice. The old AFL and NFL blitz back to life through McDoles straightforward stories of time when the game was played more for love and glory than for money.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2018
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781496212610

About Rob MorrisRon McDole

Ron McDole is a former pro football defensive end. He played college football at the University of NebraskaLincoln and professionally for four teams including the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins. Visit his website ronmcdole.com. Rob Morris is a high school teacher and military historian in Ammon Idaho. He is the author of Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crewmen over Europe in World War II (Potomac 2006). George Flint is a former pro football guard who played five seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League.     

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