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Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer

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...is to say that it is well-written enough that it will hold a reader with no particular interest in the subject matter.

Such is the case with "Instant Replay". The earlier reviewer is right -- this is without a doubt, and by far, the best book on pro football ever written. It is very engaging, informative, and humorous.

(With due respect to Kramer, I suspect that Schaap is probably 90% responsible for the excellence of the book. His writing brings about the result I alluded to in my first sentence).

This is a good book for bedtime reading. Easy to pick up where you let off without finishing lengthy chapters. Very well written and entertaining even if you are not into sports. Jerry Kramer gives a day by day journal of his season with the 1968 world champion Green Bay Packers. His journal includes personal stories of his first days of summer to the super bowl II victory over Oakland. He gives insight into the players love/hate relationship with Vince Lombardi and his thrill of the winning block over Dallas in the ice bowl.

THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 1967 GREEN BAY PACKERS TOLD TO US BY JERRY KRAMER, OFFENSIVE GUARD. IT IS FROM KRAMER'S DAILY DIARY THAT WE GET THIS STORY. IT STARTS FROM TRAINING CAMP AND ENDS AT SUPER BOWL 2. THIS IS ONE FOR EVERY FOOTBALL FAN NO MATTER WHAT AGE. A WELL TOLD AND INTERESTING READ. A LOT OF INSIDE FACTS ABOUT LOMBARDI'S LAST SEASON AND WHAT WENT ON DAY BY DAY DURING THIS FINAL CHAMPION SEASON THE PACKERS WOULD HAVE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. KRAMER ALONG WITH DICK SCHAPP SUPPLY AN EXCELLENT READ THAT HAS NOT LOST A THING IN 37 YEARS. A MUST READ.

I have loved this book since I was a child! My father gave it to me my freshman year in HS to get me motivated to play soccer but I have read this so many times over and get so excited ever time I read it!

So much has been written over the years about the Green Bay Packers of the 1960's that at times one may grow weary of the same old ancedotes and cliches about about legendary coach Vince Lombardi and his troops. Kramer's book is the perfect tonic for that: a diary of the 1967 season, Lombardi's last in Green Bay, that gives the only in-the-trenches, as-it-happens look at this great team (and coach) ever written. Not only do we get an up-close look at Lombardi (and other legends like Bart Starr) as the season unfolds, but we are also shown the mindset of Kramer as he tries to disect why he does what he does. The kicker is that the ending remains as much as mystery to him as to us until the book's climax- the classic 1967 title game. The whirlwind of emotions Kramer experiences as he and and his aging teamates try to wring one more championship from their exhausted bodies range from jubilation to instrospection to fear to disgust. This is a page turner in the classic sense- absolutely no predicatbiltiy whatsoever infects it. Over thirty years after it release, Instant Replay, although dated in spots, remains in all probablity the best book on pro football ever written.