The Winning Edge [Hardcover]

Don Shula (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: E P Dutton; 1st edition (August 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525235000
• ISBN-13: 978-0525235002
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Football (American)

More About the Author

Don Shula has led the Miami Dolphins to five Super Bowl appearances and the Baltimore Colts to one--more than any other head coach in the NFL. Sports Illustrated magazine named Shula its 1993 Sportsman of the Year in honor of his becoming the winningest coach in HFL history. Coach Shula announced his retirement in January, 1996, after 25 years as head coach of the Dolphins.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for any football fan, December 4, 1997

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John L. Hoh Jr. "Author and Theologian" (Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Winning Edge (Hardcover)

In 1972, the Miami Dolphins became the first (and so far only) undefeated professional team in history. The man who led the Dolphins to this pinnacle? Don Shula, who was coach of the year numerous times in his seven year stint as Baltimore Colts' coach. This book is a personal look, as only an autobiography can be, of a coach who only desire was to be the best. Along the way there were hurdles--his mother's adamance against Shula playing football; heartaches--retirement as a player at age 27, the loss to the Jets in Super Bowl III and to the Cowboys in Super Bowl VI, the souring of his relationship with then-Colt owner Carroll Rosenbloom; and the highlights--making Paul Brown's Cleveland Brown squad as a rookie after Cleveland's World Championship season and the 1972 season. This book is a must read to learn about the coach who was the first to lead a team to the Super Bowl three straight seasons, the first to take two franchises to the Super Bowl, the only coach to appear in the Super Bowl in three different decades, has the most Super Bowl appearances of any coach, is the all-time winningest coach in professional football history, and the only coach who can say he coached a team during an undefeated season.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare gem, December 21, 2004

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Patricia Carter "king" (Portland, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Winning Edge (Hardcover)

This book by Don Shula was written back in 1973, and is easily missed by today's generation who now more than ever need to read truly great coaching books. It is not in any stores and is only really available online. I have never seen this in any library(a shame), and have never seen any modern day printings of it(even more of a shame). This is one coaching manuscript that really NEEDS to be read by wannabe-coaches or football fans in general. Thank GOD I found it here!!!!! I would give it SIX stars if it was possible. It is very well written and put together by a man who understood the game of football and, more importantly, people, so very well. Shula talks about his life and some of his strategies on football and leadership that will leave any reader very satisfied......If you are looking to devour some outstanding grid-iron reading in 2005, then this is a can't miss book!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD READ, August 17, 2002

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This review is from: The Winning Edge (Hardcover)

DON SHULA GIVES US A GOOD LOOK AT HIS LIFE, PLAYING CAREER, COACHING CAREER, AND THE FANTASTIC 1972 DOLPHIN SEASON. HE IS VERY HONEST, INTELLIGENT, DETAILED AND VERY DEDICATED. I ENJOYED READING ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS A CLEVELAND BROWN FOR A FEW YEARS. HE DEFINATELY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COACHES OF ALL TIME AND A LEGEND. A MUST READ FOR ALL FOOTBALL FANS. WELL WORTH IT.