Reddit reviews When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi

A Fan's Notes while not so much an in depth football book as it is a literary work, A Fan's Notes is still a brilliant read for any football fan. Deals with the authors alcoholism, nihilism, the bizarre relation a fan has to his team, and the fear of spending ones life on the sidelines of the action. An all around excellent read. It does have some nice insight to the 60's Giants as well.

Some other more traditional books I'd recommend would When Pride Still Mattered, Run to daylight, Instant Replay, and for one none packer book: Badasses. All four of those provide excellent looks into storied franchises at their best, and When Pride Still Mattered is the definitive book for the NFLs greatest coach.

Thanks OP, I've been meaning to make this thread for awhile now and I love reading books about football and sports in general. I really do heavily recommend A Fan's Notes though, that novel is excellent.

And while I'm still here I guess, even though it isn't football, I'll quickly recommend A Season on the Brink as one of the greatest sports books ever.

EDIT: On the off chance anyone takes an interest in this I have lots more I could recommend.

great football book, not college but still one of my favorites

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When you have a chance grab a copy of this book. I've read it a dozen times. I just bought 4 more copies as Christmas presents for all my grandchildren old enough to read

http://www.amazon.com/When-Pride-Still-Mattered-Lombardi/dp/0684870185

When Pride Still Mattered is one of the best football books around.

Also, What it Takes to be Number One.

When Pride Still Mattered - a biography of Vince Lombardi. It's about football (so it's acceptable to read at 16) and I always find that reading biographies or autobiographies of significantly influential people (no matter what they influence) gives me some insight into humanity.

If you like the writing style of Michael Lewis, you need to check out this book. Lewis wrote a fantastic book on a way to look at baseball that no fan had ever seen before. He based his hugely successful baseball book on The Hidden Game of Football, now out of print but available used.

For pure storytelling, you have to read "When Pride Still Mattered". This biography of Vince Lombardi is nothing short of a masterpiece, and it's no surprise. It's written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author in a style very different from most bio works.