Author: Diane Glancy
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628158964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
An Indian girl overcomes poverty and despair to make something of herself. Suffering from a speech impediment, lacking parental guidance, Flutie nevertheless makes it to college, and hope. By the author of The West Pole.
Flutie
Author: Diane Glancy
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628158964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
An Indian girl overcomes poverty and despair to make something of herself. Suffering from a speech impediment, lacking parental guidance, Flutie nevertheless makes it to college, and hope. By the author of The West Pole.
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN: 1628158964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
An Indian girl overcomes poverty and despair to make something of herself. Suffering from a speech impediment, lacking parental guidance, Flutie nevertheless makes it to college, and hope. By the author of The West Pole.
Flutie
Author: Doug Flutie
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781583820216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The famous Boston College quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy, owner of the record book for quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, and National Football League All-Pro, recounts his life on and off the field. Doug reveals how he has demonstrated community spirit, charm, and the relentless drive that have been essential to his success as a smaller athlete in a big-man's sport. Includes a look at how Doug led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and captured the hearts of fans not only in Buffalo, but across America.
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781583820216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The famous Boston College quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy, owner of the record book for quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, and National Football League All-Pro, recounts his life on and off the field. Doug reveals how he has demonstrated community spirit, charm, and the relentless drive that have been essential to his success as a smaller athlete in a big-man's sport. Includes a look at how Doug led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and captured the hearts of fans not only in Buffalo, but across America.
Flutie
Author: Doug Flutie
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781583820216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The famous Boston College quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy, owner of the record book for quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, and National Football League All-Pro, recounts his life on and off the field. Doug reveals how he has demonstrated community spirit, charm, and the relentless drive that have been essential to his success as a smaller athlete in a big-man's sport. Includes a look at how Doug led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and captured the hearts of fans not only in Buffalo, but across America.
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781583820216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The famous Boston College quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy, owner of the record book for quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, and National Football League All-Pro, recounts his life on and off the field. Doug reveals how he has demonstrated community spirit, charm, and the relentless drive that have been essential to his success as a smaller athlete in a big-man's sport. Includes a look at how Doug led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs and captured the hearts of fans not only in Buffalo, but across America.
Doug Flutie, 2nd Edition
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 1467703923
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Think you know all there is to know about Doug Flutie? Well, did you know that:● He played football in three different professional leagues?● He made the first NFL dropkick play in sixty-four years?● He plays in a rock-and-roll band?Most people said that Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie was too small to play professional football. But Flutie proved the critics wrong during his twenty-year career in the professional leagues. He joined the United States Football League’s New Jersey Generals right after college, but the league folded at the end of Flutie’s first year. In the Canadian Football League, he led his teams to three championships. In the National Football League, he surprised everyone with a string of stellar seasons for teams including the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots. Find out how this unlikely hero became a champion.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 1467703923
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Think you know all there is to know about Doug Flutie? Well, did you know that:● He played football in three different professional leagues?● He made the first NFL dropkick play in sixty-four years?● He plays in a rock-and-roll band?Most people said that Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie was too small to play professional football. But Flutie proved the critics wrong during his twenty-year career in the professional leagues. He joined the United States Football League’s New Jersey Generals right after college, but the league folded at the end of Flutie’s first year. In the Canadian Football League, he led his teams to three championships. In the National Football League, he surprised everyone with a string of stellar seasons for teams including the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots. Find out how this unlikely hero became a champion.
Flutie!
Author: Ian Thomsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Profiles the college football career of the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner whose sixty-five yard pass clinched a victory for Boston College over Miami in the final seconds of the game.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Profiles the college football career of the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner whose sixty-five yard pass clinched a victory for Boston College over Miami in the final seconds of the game.
Sloppy Firsts
Author: Megan McCafferty
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0609807900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Devastated when her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling feels isolated at school and at home, as she struggles to deal with her father's obsession with her track meets, her boy-crazy peers, and her own nonexistent love life.
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0609807900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Devastated when her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling feels isolated at school and at home, as she struggles to deal with her father's obsession with her track meets, her boy-crazy peers, and her own nonexistent love life.
A Farewell to Glory
Author: Wally Carew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147970251X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
It began in November 1896 when football was still in its infancy. About 500 people turned out on a soggy field in Worcester, Massachusetts to watch Holy Cross battler Boston College. That game initiated one of the great rivalries in football history. Itinvolved some of the most famous players and coaches to ever step on a football field. In its 91 years, the rivalry spawned controversy, contention, fierce competitiveness, elation, gloom, and great moments. It was also linked to heart-breaking tragedy. In the end, the rivalry of the two Jesuit colleges, Boston college and Holy Cross, would prove to be a microcosm of intercollegiate sports.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147970251X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
It began in November 1896 when football was still in its infancy. About 500 people turned out on a soggy field in Worcester, Massachusetts to watch Holy Cross battler Boston College. That game initiated one of the great rivalries in football history. Itinvolved some of the most famous players and coaches to ever step on a football field. In its 91 years, the rivalry spawned controversy, contention, fierce competitiveness, elation, gloom, and great moments. It was also linked to heart-breaking tragedy. In the end, the rivalry of the two Jesuit colleges, Boston college and Holy Cross, would prove to be a microcosm of intercollegiate sports.
Historical Dictionary of Football
Author: John Grasso
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810878577
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada. The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810878577
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Gridiron football or American football or just plain football is the most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century. Although attempts have been made to develop the sport outside North America, it is still predominantly a North American sport with similar games (but significant rules differences) played in the United States and Canada. The Historical Dictionary of Football covers the history of American football through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on both amateur (collegiate) and professional players, coaches, teams and executives from all eras. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of football.
California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Crazyball
Author: Barry Wilner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589799135
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Crazyball is a look at the wild, unusual, unimaginable, funny, and downright strange occurrences in sports. Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport take us from the worst teams in history to sports’ craziest superstitions, wackiest pranks, and ultimate blown calls. This book is filled with moments that will make you laugh, shake your head in wonderment, lose your breath, or simply ask: “Really?!”
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589799135
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Crazyball is a look at the wild, unusual, unimaginable, funny, and downright strange occurrences in sports. Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport take us from the worst teams in history to sports’ craziest superstitions, wackiest pranks, and ultimate blown calls. This book is filled with moments that will make you laugh, shake your head in wonderment, lose your breath, or simply ask: “Really?!”