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""Blue-Eyed Soul Brother" is a biography of Bill Bradley, an All-Pro free safety who starred for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles from 1969 to 1976"-- [Provided by publisher]
"Blue-Eyed Soul Brother tells the life story of NFL All-Pro free safety Bill Bradley, who was known on the gridiron as much for his fierce competitiveness as he was for his whimsical nonconformity off it. Bradley was among the first NFL players to hold out for a bigger salary and challenge the status quo with his long hair, bushy mustache, and free-spirited lifestyle. Beginning in high school, Bradley stood up for the civil rights of his Black teammates and was instrumental in breaking down the color barrier in Texas high school football. A highly recruited scholastic quarterback, Bradley played for the University of Texas Longhorns for three seasons. Unable to run the wishbone offense, Bradley was demoted and switched to defensive back, where he reinvented himself as a ball hawk. After being drafted by the lowly Philadelphia Eagles, he became a triple threat who punted, returned, and played free safety and was the first player to lead the NFL in interceptions in consecutive seasons. After a thirty-year coaching career in the World Football, Canadian Football, and National Football Leagues, Bradley retired to his native Texas. There, he and his wife, Susan, cared for their son, Matt, a talented college quarterback who became a paraplegic after a savage assault by a drunk college student. Matt made a heroic eleven-year effort to regain the use of his voice and motor skills before he died in 2020. Today, Bill is engaged in another struggle, this one with memory loss and other cognitive impairments caused by the many concussions he suffered during his nine-year playing career in the NFL. But he is determined to live his life to the fullest.Blue-Eyed Soul Brother is the inspirational story of a man whose contagious enthusiasm for life raised the spirits of those around him in both good and bad times-a story about the resilience of the human spirit in the face of personal tragedy, and a story to remember when life doesn't appear to be going your way. "-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Palestine
• Friday night lights
• Blue-eyed soul brother
• Longhorns
• Reality check
• Penthouse to shithouse
• Billy Bo bitch
• Bamboozled
• Teacher-coach
• Faith, hope, and love.

Author/Creator:

Kashatus, William C., 1959- , author

Contributors:

Didinger, Ray , writer of foreword

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Blue-eyed soul brother: the versatile football life of super Bill Bradley [by Kashatus, W.C.]

Subjects:

Bradley, Bill (Football player)

Philadelphia Eagles (Football team)

Football players — United States — Biography

Football — United States — History — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

GV939.B676 K37 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781496241788 (electronic bk.)
1496241789 (electronic bk.)
9781496240422 [Invalid]
1496240421 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1456117260

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31673737 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp21236355