Sweetness, Jeff Pearlman
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Sweetness
The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

Author: Jeff Pearlman

Unabridged: 18 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2011


Synopsis

At five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Payton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a largerthanlife reputation for his strength, speed, and grit. Nicknamed Sweetness during his college football days, he became the NFLs alltime leader in rushing and allpurpose yards, capturing the hearts of fans in his adopted Chicago. Drawing from interviews with more than seven hundred sources, acclaimed sportswriter Jeff Pearlman has crafted the first definitive biography of Payton. Sweetness at last brings fans a detailed, scrupulously researched, allencompassing account of the legends rise to greatness. From Paytons childhood in segregated Mississippi, where he ended a racial war by becoming the star of his integrated high schools football team, to his college years and his thirteenyear NFL career, Sweetness brims with stories of allAmerican heroism and covers Paytons life on and off the field. Set against the backdrop of the tragic illness that cut his life short at just fortyfive years of age, this is a stirring tribute to a singular icon and the lasting legacy he made.

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