razor-sharp recollections bring a bygone era of football to vivid life in this illuminating volume.'- Publishers Weekly Product Details 'Namath is refreshingly candid throughout.

'A pleasure for fans who remember way back to Namath's glory days-and an entertainment for those who are new to the gridiron hero.'- Kirkus And those words are powerful and instructive.- Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters is told in Namath's words. 'I have read everything about Namath for years.But this new book is different, better than all of the ones before it in a sense. 'As exciting as it is personal.'- 247Sports

Reflective football icon-76 years old, incredibly-and an elder statesman.he tells a good yarn, guaranteed.'- The Wall Street Journal He not only beat the Colts, he whooped alcoholism, evolved into a doting grandfather and endures the many side affects of gridiron fame with nary a complaint.'- USA Today For all his flaws - and the author does not hide them - Namath is a likable and lively raconteur. 'Even casual sports fans will find this an enthralling read. Now 74, Namath is ready to open up, brilliantly using the four quarters of Super Bowl III as the narrative backbone to a life that was anything but charmed.Īs much about football and fame as about addiction, fatherhood, and coming to terms with our own mortality, All the Way finally reveals the man behind the icon. When failing knees permanently derailed his career, he turned to Hollywood and endorsements, not to mention a tumultuous marriage and fleeting bouts of sobriety, to try and find purpose. By 26, with a championship title under his belt, he was quite simply the most famous athlete alive.Īlthough his legacy has long been cemented in the history books, beneath the eccentric yet charismatic personality was a player plagued by injury and addiction, both sex and substance. Namath was instantly heralded as a gridiron god, while his rugged good looks, progressive views on race, and boyish charm quickly transformed him - in an era of raucous rebellion, shifting social norms, and political upheaval - into both a bona fide celebrity and a symbol of the commercialization of pro sports. When the final whistle blew, that promise had been kept. Three days before the 1969 Super Bowl, Joe Namath promised the nation that he would lead the New York Jets to an 18-point underdog victory against the seemingly invincible Baltimore Colts. The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports shares his life lessons on fame, fatherhood, and football.

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