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The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
by Mark Bowden

The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
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Author: Mark Bowden
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-05-05
ISBN: 087113988X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

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Book Review: one for the ages...
Summary: 4 Stars

Bowden always delivers. This is a quick read of the '58 NFL Championship Game. It's like watching a documentary of the game on ESPN Classic. A little game action then switch to a little background on some of the colorful personalities of the GIANTS or COLTS. All in all it delivers and entertains. I'm too young to have seen the game but I could picture my dad(a big Colts fan) cheering on Johnny Unitas! The names of the players, owners and coaches are legendary, all in all 17 of them from this game would make the NFL Hall of Fame. I really enjoyed some of the locker room stories between the players no doubt the stories have grown in stature over the years as has this game and the NFL. Highly recommended.

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