Golden Boy

Description

Limited 1st edition, #115 of 1500 copies. Full light brown leather, gilt decorations on front and back covers feature a signed football with four football helmets marked with the number 5 (the author’s jersey number) in the corners, gilt football helmet motif is repeated on the spine, gilt spine title, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. 24 x 16 x 3.5 cm. Easton Press. Norwalk, Ct. 2004. 291 pp. A fine copy, no dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Includes Easton Press “a note about Golden Boy and the author Paul Hornung” laid in. Paul Hornung played for the Notre Dame college team and the Green Bay Packers NFL team in the 1950s and 1960s. He is known for being the first Heisman trophy winner to also with the NFL Most Valuable Player award. He was also notorious for gambling and this book speaks to the culture of gambling within the NFL while sharing stories about his fellow players during this historical era of Green Bay football history. This book is a great addition the library of any football fan. Weight: 2.1 lb.