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Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer |  | Author: Jerry Kramer
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 145625
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 1
ISBN: 0385517459
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332640977561
EAN: 9780385517454
ASIN: 0385517459
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
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Product Description
In 1967, when Jerry Kramer was a thirty-one-year-old Green Bay Packers offensive lineman, in his tenth year with the team, he decided to keep a diary of the season. “Perhaps, by setting down my daily thoughts and observations,” he wrote, “I’ll be able to understand precisely what it is that draws me back to professional football.” Working with the renowned journalist Dick Schaap, Kramer recorded his day-to-day experiences as a player with perception, honesty, humor, and startling sensitivity. Little did Kramer know that the 1967 season would be one of the most remarkable in the history of pro football, culminating with the legendary championship game against Dallas now known as the “Ice Bowl,” in which Kramer would play a central role. Nor could he have anticipated that his diary would evolve into a book titled Instant Replay, first published in 1968, that would become a multimillion-copy bestseller and be celebrated by reviewers everywhere, including the Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley, who calls it “to this day, the best inside account of pro football, indeed the best book ever written about that sport and that league.”
This groundbreaking look inside the world of professional football is one of the first books ever to take readers into the locker room and reveal the inner workings of a professional sports franchise. From training camp, through the historic Ice Bowl, then into the locker room of Super Bowl II, Kramer provides a captivating player’s perspective on pro football when the game was all blood, grit, and tears. He also offers a rare and insightful view of the team’s storied leader, Coach Vince Lombardi.
Bringing the book back into print for the first time in more than a decade, this new edition of Instant Replay retains the classic look of the original and includes a foreword by Jonathan Yardley and additional rarely seen photos from the celebrated “Lombardi era.” As vivid and engaging as it was when it was first published, Instant Replay is an irreplaceable reminder of the glory days of pro football.
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A Throw Back! June 20, 2010
James Murphy (NYC)
If you are not old enough to have lived
through the Vince Lombardi era and love sports,
INSTANT REPLAY should be on your list. Jerry Kramer
does a great job in diary format going through a season with
Lombardi. You feel the sweat, pain, joy and the love for
this man the team has. Kramer's descriptions rate far above any "jock book" here.
For instance, he describes the pleasure of imagining "swooshing around in his mouth
some ice cold coke" to help get him through the hottest of hot days. As Kramer says himself
"Thank God For Instant Replay"
Great Book!! December 31, 2008
Blake Robert
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not a fan of the Green Bay Packers but this book is outstanding! Any NFL fan would enjoy this book. Jerry Kramer gives the reader a great behind the scences look at professional football.
This book IS football November 20, 2008
Justin Haag (Chadron, NE United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not only does this book serve as a great piece of NFL and Packers lore, but it's a timeless testament to the dedication of the American football player. Things have no doubt changed a lot since 1967, but "heart" is a constant. The chronological approach to this piece helps relate Jerry Kramer's valuable insights and leaves the reader with a better understanding of the football experience, at all levels.
Even Cowboys Like Instant Replay August 7, 2008
Legalsea (Fort Worth, TX)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Born and raised in Fort Worth, I have been a Dallas Cowboys fan for decades. I was 13 years old and watched every minute of the "Ice Bowl", and still feel a twinge of regret over Bart Starr's quarterback sneak (helped by the blocking of Jerry Kramer) that won the game for Green Bay.
I bought Instant Replay the year it came out, and I read it every two or three years, to get me geared up for the football season. My first edition copy is well worn and beloved.
Indeed, reading the other reviews, I am struck by how many people also admit to re-reading this book. And no wonder. Mr. Kramer simply wrote a beautiful love-story about football. You get the feel of the locker room, of the players preparing for each game, and of the game itself. Names from the past float by, such as Alex Karras and Bob Lilly. Vince Lombardi is huge, of course, and the stories about him are simply fun to read (interestingly, Vince would not allow any photographs of him in Jerry's book, since Vince planned on writing his own book). As others have noted, the Packers were an aging team, and Jerry writes vividly at one point about how, as he gazed around the locker room, he saw players getting shots, getting taped up, etc., all evidence of their aging, breaking bodies.
Instant Replay transcends team loyalty. Any fan of football will enjoy this book. Buy a good copy and be prepared to read it several times over the years.
Not just for hard-core football fans February 20, 2008
Sheryl A. Lemma (Sterling, VA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a classic look at one of the greatest football teams of all time, headed by one of the greatest coaches of all time: the incomparable Vince Lombardi.
The book started out with a desire to keep a journal of a year in football from training camp through the end. Serendipitously, this particular year turned out to be the third straight (and unprecented) championship year for the Green Bay Packers -- and featured a spectacular end-of-the-game play by the author.
I wouldn't call myself a rabid football fan (that would be my husband), but this was an excellent book for anyone with a passing interest in football.
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