Bob Lamb Posted September 3, 2004 Posted September 3, 2004 If you have some spare time this weekend - visit your library or bookstore and pick up the "Sports Illustrated - 50 Years of Great Writing" compilation. There are many classic stories but one from the football realm is Frank Deford's tribute to Johnny Unitas - "The Best There Ever Was". The grand finale - "I know there have been wonderful quaterbacks since Unitas hung up his hightops. I admit, I'm prejudiced. But the best quarterback ever? The best player? Let me put it this way: If there one game scheduled, Earth versus the Klingons, with the fate of the universe on the line, any person with his wits about him would have Johnny U. calling the signals in the huddle, up under the center, back in the pocket." The selection on Secretariat, "Pure Heart" by William Nack is also a keeper. Have a safe weekend !
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