Super Bowl's Most Wanted(TM): The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities [Paperback]

Walter J. Harvey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Most Wanted(TM) | Publication Date: December 1, 2004

Close to forty years after Pete Rozelle first had this crazy dream of pitting football’s two best teams against each other, the Super Bowl has become a uniquely American holiday. It combines food, commercials, pageantry, and, oh yeah, football. From the first Super Bowl of Green Bay versus Kansas City to Super Bowl XXXVIII between Carolina and New England, The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted™ covers it all! With dozens of top-ten lists packed full of trivia, you’ll get tales of heroics, failures, rugged runners, laughable blunders, announcers, stadiums, awesome commercials, and even the lowly kicker, all but ignored unless he’s a hero or a goat.

After his 49ers shellacked the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV, Bubba Paris remarked, “It got to a point where, being a Christian and being a person who loves people, I actually felt sorry for the Broncos.” Players are understandably tight for momentous games, but not this tight: Dallas and Baltimore combined for a whopping eleven turnovers in Super Bowl V. Amazingly, the Buffalo Bills almost matched them single-handedly in Super Bowl XXVII, turning the ball over nine times to the Cowboys. You’ll read about legendary partiers and how they spent Super Bowl Eve, meet run-of-the-mill players whose one shining moment came in the Super Bowl, find out who used Super Bowl success as a springboard to Hollywood, and relive the final heroics of top stars who rode off into the sunset after the big game. The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted™ has all this and so much more from professional football’s biggest game.

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About the Author

Walter Harvey is the author of The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities. An advertising copywriter and a marketing veteran of the book publishing industry, he has worked on campaigns for such bestselling authors as Mary Higgins Clark, Dr. Phil McGraw, and Helen Fielding. He is a lifelong fan and one-time season-ticket holder of the New York Jets, and he still holds out hope his beloved team will return to the big game. He lives in Highland Mills, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574888897
• ISBN-13: 978-1574888898
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,020,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touchdown!, December 23, 2004

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TMC'85 (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Bowl's Most Wanted(TM): The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities (Paperback)

An absolute treasue of interesting facts and fun stories about America's big game. The author really did his research. I won't ruin it by revealing any of the great info but a terrific read for any football fan.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Win Every Bar Bet, December 21, 2004

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STEJ (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Bowl's Most Wanted(TM): The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities (Paperback)

This is a great book for the trivia-loving football fan. It's a fun, quick, and interesting read. Plus, when you're done, you'll be the king of Super Bowl trivia at any party or sports-bar. So, a good book that'll also allow you to win free drinks? I can't think of a better "guy" gift.

4.0 out of 5 stars super bowls, April 14, 2008

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horton "k" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Bowl's Most Wanted(TM): The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities (Paperback)

After reading this book, I know so much more about every super bowl than i have ever before. Before this book i could only remember maybe the past 2 or 3 super bowls. this gave me facts and star players fromt he first 30+. It was a great book and knowledgeable. I would reccommend this to any young football fan.