Frank Deford (1938–2017)
Auteur de Alex: The Life of a Child
A propos de l'auteur
Benjamin Franklin Deford III was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 16, 1938. He graduated from Princeton University in 1962. He began his career at Sports Illustrated as a researcher. He wrote for Sports Illustrated for more than 30 years, appeared on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel for afficher plus 22 years, and gave 1,656 weekly commentaries for NPR's Morning Edition. He was a six-time Sportswriter of the Year, a National Magazine Award recipient, a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, and the first sportswriter to be given a National Humanities Medal. He wrote both fiction and nonfiction books including two memoirs entitled Alex: The Life of a Child and Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter. He died on May 28, 2017 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Bridgeport Public Library
Œuvres de Frank Deford
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball (2005) 209 exemplaires
The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and Character of Great American Sports Heroes (2002) 42 exemplaires
Florida Keys: Paradise With Attitude 1 exemplaire
Sports Illustrated Presents Michael Jordan a Tribute From the Pages of Si (Sports Illustrated Magazine 01/20/99 Special… (1999) 1 exemplaire
Rare THERE SHE IS The Life and Times of Miss America Frank Deford 1st Edition Fine/VG (1971) 1 exemplaire
Portrait in Motion: The Arthur Ashe Diary 1 exemplaire
Let the Games Begin 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Baseball: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated's Finest Writing on America's Favorite Pastime (Sports Illustrated) (1993) — Contributeur — 75 exemplaires
Golf: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated's Finest Writing on the Game of Golf (Sports Illustrated Collector's Library) (1994) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Newsweek Condensed Books: Meeting at Potsdam | All Things Bright and Beautiful | Portrait in Motion | Pleasure Bond (1974) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Sports Illustrated | January 10, 1994 (Florida State: No.1 at Last) (1994) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Deford, Benjamin Franklin, III
- Date de naissance
- 1938-12-16
- Date de décès
- 2017-05-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Études
- Princeton University, (1962)
- Professions
- sportswriter
novelist
radio commentator - Prix et distinctions
- National Humanities Medal (2012)
Membres
Critiques
I saw the movie with Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange before I read the book. The movie runs close to the book except for the ending. I enjoyed both the movie and the book. Not an unusual story. Football star becomes legend in college. Good, not great career in the pros. Then a sad decline as the years build up and the injuries mount. Gavin, the Grey Ghost was a running back and athletes in that position do not usually have long careers.
Gavin suffers financial setbacks, betrayal and his marriage to his college girlfriend Babs begins to suffer. When Gavin’s playing days are over, he does not make an easy transition to a new career. He flounders and hopes he gets the chance to play football again. Babs moves on with her life.
All the attention, accolades and glamour leaves his life. He hangs on tight to his past legends and memories to the dismay of his wife and friends.
This is not so much a sports book but a tale of human tragedy. One reads actual stories like this of other athletes who retire or unable to compete and become financiually destitute and suicidal. A cautionary tale not only for athletes but all who choose to live on past laurels.… (plus d'informations)
Gavin suffers financial setbacks, betrayal and his marriage to his college girlfriend Babs begins to suffer. When Gavin’s playing days are over, he does not make an easy transition to a new career. He flounders and hopes he gets the chance to play football again. Babs moves on with her life.
All the attention, accolades and glamour leaves his life. He hangs on tight to his past legends and memories to the dismay of his wife and friends.
This is not so much a sports book but a tale of human tragedy. One reads actual stories like this of other athletes who retire or unable to compete and become financiually destitute and suicidal. A cautionary tale not only for athletes but all who choose to live on past laurels.… (plus d'informations)
I love Deford's sports writing, and have enjoyed his previous collections, but this one left me wanting more, more about his family, more about the athletes he mentions (and "mentions" is the correct term for this collection) and finally, less-less repetition, especially when he refers to sports writers of the era that came before his. This feels like a book thrown together to fulfill a contractual obligation or to top up a bank account.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 1,365
- Popularité
- #18,835
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 35
- ISBN
- 85
- Favoris
- 3
My issue with this book is that I downloaded it as a Kindle book. There was no proper index. It just described the Chapter number and page without a description. I skimmed through the 46 chapters of varying lengths. There were some chapters I read with interest, others that I paged through quickly.
I actually found the Jimmy The Greek chapter rather poignant. He was such a tragic figure---he was not a smart or sophisticated man and one slip of the tongue ruined not only his career but his life.
I am not a huge fan of Deford. I enjoyed his sports commentaries on TV but did not follow his writing on Sports Illustrated.… (plus d'informations)