Jackrabbit by Bill Chastain
Clint Castleberry was already an Atlanta-area football sensation when he arrived at Georgia Tech in 1942, and in one meteoric college season he became a national sports hero as well. He was the first college freshman ever to be voted All-American. At least one Heisman Trophy was all but certain. Though weighing just 155 pounds, he seemed destined to become one of the greatest tailbacks in college football history. But then World War II intervened, and Castleberry became, instead, another young man whose destiny was cut short. His #19 is the only number ever retired in the illustrious history of Georgia Tech football. Bill Chastain weaves Clint Castleberry's story around other legends of Georgia Tech football--including John Heisman, William Alexander, and Bobby Dodd—to create a glorious portrait of a proud football tradition and America's Greatest Generation.
Bill Chastain began his journalism career as a Tampa-based freelance writer, writing stories for publications such as Nation's Business, SPORT Magazine, Baseball Digest, The Sporting News, Tampa Bay Business Journal, and Inside Sports, before working as a reporter for The St. Petersburg Times and The St. Petersburg Evening Independent. Chastain went to the Tampa Tribune in 1990 and worked for twelve years as a columnist and sports reporter, during which time he also served as a correspondent for Sports Illustrated. Chastain worked as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, teaching magazine journalism, and has gained a high profile in the Tampa Bay area through radio and TV appearances and various speaking engagements. Currently he works for MLB.com covering Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays. Chastain is the author of The Steve Spurrier Story: From Heisman to Head Ball Coach, a biography of the former University of Florida and Washington Redskins football coach; The Streak, a baseball novel; Payne at Pinehurst: The Greatest U.S. Open Ever, a narrative about the 1999 U.S. Open played at Pinehurst and won by the late Payne Stewart; Steel Dynasty: The Team that Changed the NFL, about the Steelers dynasty coached by Chuck Noll; and Purpose and Passion: Bobby Pruett and the Marshall Years. Chastain lives in Tampa, Florida.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781937644055 |
| ISBN 10 | 1937644057 |
| Titel | Jackrabbit |
| Autor | Bill Chastain |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Tilbury House |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2012-01-25 |
| Seitenanzahl | 205 |
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