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The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulted–and stunning revelations about the hardships they faced, based on new interviews with Bill Parcells, Phil Simms, Mark Bavaro, and Bill Belichick.
The 1986 New York Giants are legendary. A championship team coached by Bill Parcells and his wunderkind assistant Bill Belichick, featuring future Hall of Famers and All-Pros like Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Mark Bavaro, and Harry Carson. They were dominant on the field and formed a unique and lasting bond off of it. More than thirty years later, it’s the friendships that have proved more important–a matter of life and death.
In Once a Giant, bestselling football writer Gary Myers tells the story of that team and what became of it. Gridiron glory eventually faded; chronic pain, addiction, and in some cases crimes have followed. Many football players face these harsh realities, but the Giants have confronted and survived them together.
With unprecedented access, Myers dives into such issues as Mark Bavaro’s battle with injuries, the breakup and reconciliation of Parcells and Belichick, and Lawrence Taylor’s struggles with sobriety. He creates a never-before-seen portrait of the team’s run to the title, and their even more challenging fight to live after it ended.
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Bill Parcells, Lawrence Taylor and Bill Belichick (l-r) get together at training camp in 1986 at Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y. Taylor may or may not have been joking about the length of their shorts. The greatest defensive player in NFL history and two of the greatest coaches helped put together a magical Super Bowl season. Taylor won the league’s MVP award with a career-high 20.5 sacks. Jerry Pinkus/New York Giants
Bart Oates, Joe Morris, Jim Burt and Leonard Marshall (l-r) reunited on a visit to the trophy case in the lobby of the Giants headquarters across the parking lot from the old Giants Stadium. All four of the team’s Super Bowl trophies are on display, but it’s the Lombardi Trophy from Super Bowl XXI, the team’s first championship in thirty years visible between Morris and Burt, that represents the most beloved team in Giants history. Robert Sabo/New York Daily News
The inner circle of Bill Parcells was known as “Parcells Guys,” the leaders he counted on to get his message across in the locker room. At the top of the list were the three captains in the Super Bowl XXI season: George Martin (75), Phil Simms (11), and Harry Carson (53). For the Super Bowl coin toss, Carson handled the responsibility by himself, surrounded by five Broncos. Jerry Pinkus / New York Giants
Publisher : PublicAffairs (September 12, 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1541702395
ISBN-13 : 978-1541702394
Item Weight : 1.13 pounds
Dimensions : 6.4 x 1.06 x 9.6 inches
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