Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer [Paperback]

A sports classic, Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap'sInstant Replaytakes readers inside the 1967 season of the Green Bay Packers, following that storied team from training camp to their dramatic victory in Super Bowl II.
 
Candid and often amusing, Jerry Kramer describes from a player’s perspective a bygone era of sports, filled with blood, grit, and tears. No game better exemplifies this period than the classic “Ice Bowl” conference championship game between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, which Kramer, who made the crucial block in the climactic play, describes in thrilling detail. We also get a rare and insightful view of the Packers’ legendary leader, coach Vince Lombardi.
 
As vivid and engaging as it was when it was first published,Instant Replayis an irreplaceable reminder of the glory days of pro football.“The best behind-the-scenes glimpse of pro football ever produced.”
—The New York Times

“An unprecedented look into the gritty world of professional football. . . . Still the gold standard of sports biographies.”
—Sports Illustrated

“A classic for its insights into the game and its people, [written] with wit and without scandal or obscenity. . . . A landmark work.”
—Los Angeles Times
 
“Groundbreaking. . . . Candid. . . . An uncommonly frank account.”
—Chicago Tribune
 
“The first great professional sports diary.”
—The Boston Globe

“The gold standard for football memoirs. . . . This modern sports classic is a smart, funny and literate diary of the Packers’ successful quest to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl victories.”
—The Plain Dealer
 
“This seminal, as-told-to diary . . . changed the way sports readers expected their heroes to sound. No more of lĂ&