| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-318) and index. |
| Summary |
Freddie Steinmark was an under-sized but scrappy young man when he arrived in Austin as a freshman at the University of Texas in 1967. Despite the pronouncement by many coaches that he was too small to play football at the college level, Freddie was a tenacious competitor who vowed to start every game as a varsity Longhorn. By the start of the 1969 season, Freddie was making his mark on the college gridiron and national stage as UT?s star safety, but he?d also developed a crippling pain in his thigh that worried his high school sweetheart, Linda. Despite the increasingly debilitating pain, Freddie continued to play throughout the season, helping the Longhorns to rip through opponents like pulpwood. His final game was for the national championship at the end of 1969, when the Longhorns rallied to beat Arkansas in a legendary game that has become known as ?the Game of the Century.? |
| Subject |
Steinmark, Freddie.
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Football players -- United States -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780312652852 alkaline paper |
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0312652852 alkaline paper |
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