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Hall of Fame quarterback and long-time ABC college football announcer Bob Griese is a living football legend. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' incredible championship season, Griese tells the behind-the-scenes story of the team both on and off the field as it achieved a feat no other team has ever succeeded in matching: perfection.
You'll see Griese shocked in his first meeting with Joe Robbie as the Dolphins owner balanced big contract figures and a staggering number of drinks. You'll hear Griese meeting Don Shula for the first time and being ordered to start staying in the pass pocket rather than scrambling. "Build me a pocket and I'll stay in it," Griese told Shula. You'll understand the friendship and on-field relationship developed between Griese and Paul Warfield after they became the Dolphins' first inter-racial roommates.
You'll follow Griese through a storied season that began with him wondering just how good the Dolphins actually were and ended with him awarding the game ball in the winning Super Bowl locker room. Along the way you'll hear:
Packed with behind-the-scenes drama and on-the-field excitement, Perfection is a book every football fan will want to read.
Author: Bob Griese, Dave Hyde
ISBN-10: 1118218094
ISBN-13: 9781118218099
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
BOB GRIESE was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 and was a national college analyst for ABC from 1987 until retiring in 2011. In his fourteen-year career with the Miami Dolphins, Griese was part of two Super Bowl champions and was named to the Pro Bowl six times. He was the first Dolphins player to have his number retired.
DAVE HYDE of the "South Florida Sun-Sentinel" has been repeatedly named one of the nation's top sports columnists and feature writers by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Over the years, he has worked with and interviewed most of the members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
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