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Johnny U and Me
Johnny U and Me

Johnny U and Me

The Man Behind the Golden Arm
By John Unitas Jr., By Edward Brown, Foreword by Raymond Berry

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368 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Cloth, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Cloth, $25.95 (US $25.95) (CA $28.95)

ISBN 9781600789793

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (Oct 2014)

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Overview

Johnny Unitas is widely considered the finest quarterback ever to play the game. Much has been written about his life, but for the first time, Unitas's son, John, writes about his father and reveals information about his family and father's career that has never before been brought to light. For anyone who holds an interest in either Unitas's life or NFL history, John Unitas Jr.'s revealing and touching biography honoring the life and times of his father is a must-read. It sheds light on the character and convictions of the man who has lived on in NFL history, both on and off the field, offering clues to what made him the man and the player he was.

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John Unitas Jr.
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John C. Unitas Jr. is the son of Johnny Unitas and the president of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., which bestows the Golden Arm Award each year upon a college player. He lives in Baldwin, Maryland. Edward L. Brown teaches high school English in Baltimore County. He works during the summers for Middlebury College as the innkeeper at the Bread Loaf campus in the Green Mountains. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Raymond Berry is a former wide receiver who played his entire professional football career with the Baltimore Colts and is in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. He was the head coach of the New England Patriots when they appeared in Super Bowl XX. He lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Johnny U and Me:

The Man Behind the Golden Arm

By John Unitas Jr. with Edward L. Brown

Foreword by Raymond Berry

 

 “His life story, like his football career, is one out of Horatio Alger. What he represents to football and to America, epitomizing the ‘kid from the other side of the tracks,’ sounds the part of fiction, but everything about Johnny U is real and authentic.”

– Jack Kemp, AFL and NFL quarterback

 

Johnny Unitas is arguably the finest quarterback in NFL history. Holding the record for the most consecutive games with a TD pass for 52 years and the NFL’s MVP in 1959, 1964 and 1967, Unitas set the gold standard for QB’s to follow. Written by John Unitas Jr. with Edward L. Brown, Johnny U and Me: The Man Behind the Golden Arm (Triumph Books, October 2014) reveals a compelling inside look into Johnny’s life on and off the field.  

 

Covering more than just the career of a great player, Johnny U and Me details the character and conviction behind a tough, yet quiet leader who thrived on the pressure of the game. Spending most of his career with the Baltimore Colts, Johnny proved himself to be an invaluable player with his unmatched arm strength, accuracy and durability thus winning him the nickname “The Golden Arm.” Johnny U and Me is filled with personal anecdotes and details of his career, including:

 

  • Dispelling the overblown “rags-to-riches” myth of Johnny’s childhood in Pittsburgh
  • The importance he placed on interacting with fans and his largely unpublicized work with children’s hospitals
  • His ongoing personal struggles off the field including his failed first marriage and estrangement from his children

 

For all who are fans of Johnny or simply have an interest in learning more about NFL history, Johnny U and Me is the perfect book that offers an inside view into the life of the man with the Golden Arm.

 

About the Authors: 

John Unitas Jr. is the son of Johnny Unitas and the president of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc., which bestows the Golden Arm Award each year upon a college player. He lives in Baldwin, Maryland. Edward L. Brown teaches high school English in Baltimore County. He works during the summers for Middlebury College as the innkeeper at the Bread Loaf campus in the Green Mountains. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Contact: Josh Williams - Triumph Books - 312.568.5404 - j.williams@triumphbooks.com

 

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