I'D RATHER BE WRIGHT: Memoirs of an Itinerant Tackle

by Steve; Kenneth Turan & William Glidea Wright ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 9, 1974

A self-admitted ""wacko"" given the nickname of Bozo because of his reputation as a clown. Wright is an ""easy-going"" 6' 6"" offensive right tackle whose personal philosophy -- ""I won't change myself to get ahead or acquiesce to someone else's demands"" -- resulted in his being tagged as a troublemaker and traded from Green Bay to the Giants and several other lesser NFL teams after that. As is the trend with many of his football peers turned scribe, Wright lambasts virtually all of the coaches and teams he played for, with the exception of the Lombardi-led Packers (the right combination of a dedicated coach and his teammates' camaraderie). The author is sufficiently outspoken, though at times he's given to vitriolic jabs and blind-sided generalizations -- college coaches are ""all two-faced, back-stabbing sons of bitches""; George Allen is so ""superficial, he couldn't motivate an amoeba."" Plodding, notwithstanding its enfant terrible provenance.

Pub Date: Oct. 9, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Prentice-Hall

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1974

Categories: NONFICTION