Full name: About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up

Author: Roy Blount Jr. Year: 1974 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Google Books Goodreads ISBNs: 9780822958345 0822958341

Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an interesting book. But only Roy Blount Jr. could capture the pain, the joy, the fears, the humor - in short, the heart - of a championship team. In 1973, the Pittsburgh Steelers were super, but missed the bowl. Blount's portrait of a team poised to dominate the NFL for more than a decade recounts the gridiron accomplishments and off-the-field lives of players, coaches, wives, fans, and owners. About Three Bricks Shy... is considered a classic; Sports Illustrated recently named it one of the "Top 100 Sports Books of All Time". Similar books: The Billionaire and the Mechanic by Julian Guthrie Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson Trading Bases by Joe Peta Judo by Hayward Nishioka Norwich by Karen Crouse A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros Marathon by Jeff Galloway Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by John MacGregor Futebol by Alex Bellos Fail Better by Mark Kingwell Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Five Lessons by Ben Hogan Open by Andre Agassi Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson Shut Up, Legs! by Jens Voigt The Summer Game by Roger Angell Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible by Dave Pelz A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein Five Seasons by Roger Angell