Black and Honolulu Blue
In the Trenches of the NFL
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
An unfiltered view of life as a big-time college and NFL player, this autobiography follows Keith Dorney, an All-American at Penn State and an All-Pro with the Detroit Lions, as he recounts his journey to the top and his views of football at the highest levels. The book articulately and candidly explores Dorney's life as a passionate football player from the unique perspective of the game's most grueling position. Verbalizing the reality of an athletic career, Dorney shares his hilarious and painful stories—from summer practice fights and game day battles to the training room, operating room, and press room, as well as rowdy nights out on the town and countless mornings wracked with pain the next day.
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Dorney was a solid, dependable offensive lineman first for Penn State and then for the Detroit Lions, outfitted in "Honolulu blue," in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and this book is a solid look at his daily life as a professional football player, which will be enjoyable for the average fan. This is not by any means an expos ; Dorney admits that what inspired him to write were his positive memories about "striving to play the best game possible with the same fierce intensity each and every week." Along the way, he details the brutality of the typical NFL summer camp; the gruesome nature of the dozen or so orthopedic operations he endured during his career; and the pleasure of searching for the "perfect hit" with which to clobber his opponents. He also provides looks at some of the characters he's crossed paths with over the years, most notably legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno. Two sections separate this title from a typically good but run-of-the-mill sports book and show Dorney's ability to move beyond clich s when he wants to. The first is a look at one of his typical football games written from the point-of-view of his wife in the stands. The second is an unabashedly sentimental account of a postretirement visit to the Lions locker room, which shows how much the game has changed even in the past 10 years.
