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John Elway: The Drive of a Champion

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This book is not to be missed for John Elway fans. It reprints a total of 18 Sports Illustrated articles covering the career of John Elway, ranging from 1981 (when he was still a junior at Stanford) to 1998 (his first Super Bowl victory in SB XXXII). Photos that appeared in the original articles are also reprinted with each story. Left out are what might be termed the "negative" articles (i.e., none of Elway's first 3 Super Bowls are covered), while several of Elway's more amazing regular season and playoff victories are reviewed, leaving the reader with an overwhelmingly positive impression. In this book, you can read about how heralded an athlete Elway was all the way back in college, and how his acclaim followed him through his career in the NFL. One critique I would give this book is that, for space, all the articles have been edited, and so each chapter includes several annoying ellipses (...) that let you know you're not reading everything that was originally printed. However, the bulk of the stories are included. If you are interested in reading an objective (i.e., non Denver beat writer) account of what type of QB John Elway was and how he helped the Broncos (and the Stanford Cardinals), this book is not to be missed!

This book covers the Elway career from College all the way to the big game in January where he finally got his much deserved Lombardi. It has several excerts and SI Photos from the past. A true collector's item

Considering the wealth of information present in their archives, I would have expected more from the folks at SI for their retrospective of John Elway. All in all, SI writers have been fair and appreciative of John's playing over the years and this book goes even farther, leaving out the worst memories and amping up the best. It's out of print now but can usually be found on Ebay fairly easily.