Best Sports Biography/Autobiography You Have Read?

[Harry Buffalo]

War as They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest

[BROWNandORANGE]

I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

[Mark O]

It's not about the bike by lance armstrong and comeback by Dave Dravecky are right there as my two favorites. I also loved the biography of Payne Stewart that was written by his wife after he tragically died in 1999.

[BROWNandORANGE]

@mark-o said:

It's not about the bike by lance armstrong and comeback by Dave Dravecky are right there as my two favorites. I also loved the biography of Payne Stewart that was written by his wife after he tragically died in 1999.

The Payne Stewart one sounds intriguing.

[Mark O]

Fantastic book for anyone who was a fan. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was a great guy. Since it's been 11 years you can get the book on amazon for like $5 now. I'd post the picture of the cover like some of you have done but I'm not smart enough. The book is simply titled Payne Stewart and it's written by his wife Tracey.

[BROWNandORANGE]

@mark-o said:

Fantastic book for anyone who was a fan. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was a great guy. Since it's been 11 years you can get the book on amazon for like $5 now. I'd post the picture of the cover like some of you have done but I'm not smart enough. The book is simply titled Payne Stewart and it's written by his wife Tracey.

oh, you're a moderator on here, don't give me that "i'm not smart enough crap."

here it is

[Mark O]

I might be a moderator on here but that doesn't mean I know how to copy the picture into a post. Do you think we have to pass an intelligence test to become a moderator? The qualifications are a lot lower than that.

But you're right that is the correct book.

[BROWNandORANGE]

@mark-o said:

I might be a moderator on here but that doesn't mean I know how to copy the picture into a post. Do you think we have to pass an intelligence test to become a moderator? The qualifications are a lot lower than that.

But you're right that is the correct book.

haha, nonetheless, thanks for the suggestion.

[TheClevelandSound]

[slowburn]

Birchfield, D. L. Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete. Parsippany, NJ: Modern Curriculum Press, 1994

Fascinating study about the life of a amateur/professional athlete in the early 20th century

[1 more season]

Colt12 said:

I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

You like Ovi? Have you read this one? It comes out in the every spring.

[1 more season]

Colt12 said:

I went to Books-a-Million and absolutely had to get this one.. I have a definite man-crush on Ovie.

This was a good one too.

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[Loyalty]

Especially the part about his interactions with Jimmy V in his last days.

Whether you hate my Blue Devils or not... it is a great read.