A01=William Gildea
Author_William Gildea
Baltimore Ravens
Category=DNBS
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The Band That Wouldn't Die
Product details
- ISBN 9780801853791
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 1996
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
William Gildea is a sportswriter for the Washington Post. He and his wife, Mary Fran, parents of four, live in Bethesda, Maryland.
