Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood Author: Visit Amazon's Jeffrey Marx Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0743269748 | Format: EPUB
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood Description
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When Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Marx was a kid in the 1970s, he was a ballboy for the Baltimore Colts. One of the team captains was Joe Ehrmann, a larger-than-life party guy and star defensive lineman. After the death of his younger brother, Ehrmann changed his life, working in Baltimore's inner city and eventually becoming an ordained minister. Prompted by an article about the demolition of the Colt's legendary Memorial Stadium, Marx reconnected with Ehrmann and became fascinated both with his ministry and his work as a volunteer football coach at a Baltimore private school. This account of Ehrmann's career--and his effect on Marx's life--is inspirational without being preachy. Most amazing are the stories of the team Ehrmann coaches--a football team on which life lessons are more important than tackling fundamentals. The lessons extend to Marx himself, who describes how he was moved by Ehrmann's example to work on his relationship with his father. A sports story, yes, but much more, too.
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Frank Deford,
Sports Illustrated Jeffrey Marx has used the most violent of American games to show how men and boys should dare not be afraid to look for love. I was tremendously touched by
Season of Life.Christine Brennan,
USA Today In a warm, passionate story, Jeffrey Marx finds a boyhood hero who ends up leading him on a fascinating personal journey. This is a book that every father and son will enjoy.
Carl Lewis, Olympic champion
Season of Life should be required reading for every high school student in America and every parent as well.
Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer This is not a book you are just going to read and then forget about. You're probably going to read it again sometime. And you'll definitely want to tell family and friends about it. By sharing
Season of Life with others, you will be helping to make this a better world.
Steve Moulton, ESPN Radio This is a life-changing book. You'd have to be a slug on a rock not to be impacted by the messages in this book.
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- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; English Language edition (September 1, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743269748
- ISBN-13: 978-0743269742
- Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Loved SEASON OF LIFE by Jeffrey
Marx . . . it is the author's account of the Gilman High School
football team that is unlike any sports book that I've ever read,
in that it is more about how Gilman's coaches use the game
to teach such principles as love, empathy, integrity and living
a life of service.
The 2001 Gilman Greyhounds did not go undefeated; in fact,
they barely had a winning season (having previously been one
of the top teams in the country) . . . however, their record
was never the important thing.
As the head coach noted when a mother asked him how successful
did he think the boys were going to be, he replied, "I have no
idea. . . . I won't really know how successful they're gonna be till they
come back to visit in twenty years. . . . Then I'll be able to
see what kind of husbands they are. I'll be able to see what kind
of fathers they are. I'll see what they're doing in the community."
Marx often quotes Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star and
volunteer Gilman coach . . . now also an ordained minister, Ehrman
devotes his life to teaching the Gilman team the precept of
his Building Men for Others program: Being a man means
emphasizing relationships and having a cause bigger than
yourself. It means accepting responsibility and leading
courageously. In addition, it means players saying "I love you"
to each other and coaches professing their love for their players.
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