This is Nitschke's own story, from his underprivileged boyhood in Chicago, through his playing days at the University of Illinois, and culminating with his extraordinary 15-year career with the Packers. An entertaining and inspirational story.
Paperback
,
320 pages
Published
October 1st 1998
by Prairie Oak Press
(first published September 1998)
The Autobiography of Ray Nitschke is a very good and inspirational book. It tells you of the childhood struggles Ray went through and how he achieved success against all odds. This book is an autobiography, so you can actually capture Ray’s ideas and thoughts directly, which I think makes this book very interesting. I think the way the story is told is very inspiring. He talks of his problems and how he used them as fuel for his career. I can use this advice in my life in situations where I enco
The Autobiography of Ray Nitschke is a very good and inspirational book. It tells you of the childhood struggles Ray went through and how he achieved success against all odds. This book is an autobiography, so you can actually capture Ray’s ideas and thoughts directly, which I think makes this book very interesting. I think the way the story is told is very inspiring. He talks of his problems and how he used them as fuel for his career. I can use this advice in my life in situations where I encounter an obstacle or a problem. This can motivate me to overcome that obstacle. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes football or someone who wants to hear a story of how an underprivileged kid became one of the best linebackers to play pro football. 140
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This was a FABULOUS book! Nitschke gives us wonderful insights to his character and to the way he played football in the 1960s. The thing I appreciate in Nitschke's work is that he is humble. That humility shines forth throughout the book - for a professional football player - that's actually a pretty unique thing these days.
UK writer, born Frank Charles Robert Wells on 31 January 1929 in London, that began publishing Science Fiction with "The Machine that was Lovely" for
the Observer
in 1954.
Other works:
* The Parasaurians (1969);
* Candle in the Sun (1971);
* Right-Handed Wilderness (1973) and
* The Spacejacks (1975).