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Summary: "In his first NFL season, wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase helped lead the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl. Learn about the life and career of this rising football superstar"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publication 2024
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Summary: "Jalen Hurts is one of the youngest quarterbacks to ever start in a Super Bowl. Follow his career from childhood to his superstar performances in the NFL"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HURHoena, B. A.
Summary: "This graphic biography traces Colin Kaepernick's road from young sports standout to athlete and activist. As Kaepernick protested violence against African Americans, he lost his career in football but gained a voice heard worldwide" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KAPStabler, David
Summary: "Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is one of the best in the NFL. In the 2022-2023 season, he helped lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl. Explore his life and career"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KELMaraniss, David
Summary: Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THORPE, JIM MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B THORPE MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio ThorpeSmith, Elliott
Summary: "Explore the life of Justin Jefferson, one of the most exciting wide receivers in the NFL. Jefferson's football skills have made him a superstar, and Minnesota Vikings fans love to watch his touchdown dance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFWallace, Sandra Neil
Summary: Looks at the life and career of Ernie Barnes, a football star who became an influential painter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BARMcGovern, Robert
Summary: An NFL linebacker-turned-military prosecutor presents an insider's look at the Iraq War, sharing his decision to join the military, his relationships with soldiers and citizens he has befriended, and his arguments in support of the conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 McGOVERN, ROBERT MCGHewson, Anthony K.
Summary: A brief look at the life and career of football player Patrick Mahomes
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MAHOMES HEWStabler, David
Summary: "At 6 feet 6, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is one of the tallest passers in the NFL. He used his height and strong arm to become the 2020 NFL Rookie of the Year"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HERTate, Don
Summary: "From acclaimed author and illustrator Don Tate, the rousing story of Ernie Barnes, an African American pro football player and fine artist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BARNamath, Joe Willie
Summary: The NFL icon who first brought show business to sports relates the story of his spectacular rise and reign as "Broadway Joe" and discusses his struggles with alcoholism and the redemption he found in God later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAMATH, JOE NAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B NAMATH MORO'Connor, Ian
Summary: Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is one of the best to ever play quarterback. He is equally mysterious and polarizing. Sportswriter Ian O'Connor pens the definitive Aaron Rodgers biography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Matthew Stafford has one of the most exciting arms in football! In his first year with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, he led his team to victory at the Super Bowl. That wasn't the start of Stafford's story, though. Readers of this accessible and appealing biography will learn about Stafford's childhood, high school and college records, and NFL career. They'll discover the dedication it takes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2024
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Summary: Drawing on 720 original interviews, a New York Times best-selling sportswriter captures as never before the elusive truth about the greatest athlete of all time who took the world by storm from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s--and then, almost overnight, disappeared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B JACKSON PEABlue, Tyler
Summary: "Illustrated profiles of twenty-eight football stars"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Kids, an imprint of Abbeville Press 2023
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Summary: "Trevor Lawrence, the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, is one of the most exciting quarterbacks in the league. Follow his story from childhood to the college national championship and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LAWLowe, Keanon
Summary: "The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LOWE LOWRogers, Andy (Andrew David)
Summary: "Introduces readers to the most dynamic pro football stars of today and yesterday, including notable statistics and records"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.332 ROGMcCartney, Cory
Summary: The Heisman Trophy covers the full history of the Heisman Trophy, from its first winner, Jay Berwanger, to Notre Dame’s dominating run, and everything in between, up through the 2015 selection of Derrick Henry. It details the rise of the Heisman Hype, Archie Griffin's continued place as its only two-time winner, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 MCCHerbstreit, Kirk
Summary: The face and voice of college football, in this riveting and revealing memoir, takes readers behind the scenes, describing how a combination of hard work, perseverance and a little luck landed him on the set of ESPN's iconic College GameDay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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Summary: Krakauer draws on Pat Tillman's journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan to render an intricate mosaic of this driven, complex, and uncommonly compelling figure as well as the definitive account of the events and actions that led to his death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.33 KRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.332 KRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TILLMAN, PAT KRARibowsky, Mark
Summary: A portrait of the Manning family traces their story against a backdrop of American football history and the fading traditions of Southern Christian manhood, illuminating the scandals and rivalries that have overshadowed their achievements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RIBWashington, Maya
Summary: An award-winning narrative and documentary filmmaker and daughter of a football legend retraces her father's journey from the segregated South to Michigan State during the peak of the civil rights movement and his journey as an NFL pioneer after the 1967draft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2022