Chapter 16: A Galleria A strange guy was Fred Exley, the author. He had a passion for Frank Gifford. Out of this emerged the book, "A Fan's Notes" which had a bit of a run at the time and which is treasured even now by some of the literati. I frankly couldn't understand the passion for Gifford by Exley because I found Gifford to be a most ordinary guy in the glory days I covered the Giants. A friend of mine, Prof. Ruth Prigozy, who taught a course on sports literature at Hofstra, asked me to talk to the class one day. When I looked at the syllabus and announced to the class that I didn't think much of "A Fan's Notes" I made an instant hit with the kids. They didn't like the book either. Prigozy has never forgiven me for this. The football pieces are followed by one on my one of my all-time favorite athletes, Al Oerter, and another on one of my all time favorite events, the Boston Marathon.
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A marathon race is a beautiful affirmation of life and health. It's the opposite of dropping out; it's dropping in. |
