Game of My Life San Diego Chargers: Memorable Stories of Chargers Football

by Jay Paris, Dick Enberg (Foreword by)

Overview

Since their founding in 1959, the San Diego Chargers have tackled their way into the hearts of devoted SoCal football fans. In Game of My Life San Diego Chargers, fans can immerse themselves in all the greatest moments in Chargers history. Die-hard Chargers fan and award-winning sports writer Jay Paris expertly chronicles all of the greatest Charger moments, including the team’s thirteen playoff appearances, their heart-breaking loss in the 1995 Super Bowl, and their glory runs in the mid-2000s.

Chargers fans can experience all the glory of their favorite team with first-hand interviews from over a dozen legendary players, including LaDainian Tomlinson, Dan Fouts, Ron Mix, Burt Grossman, Phillip Rivers, and Nick Hardwick. Each former great shares his most memorable game as a Charger, from the pregame jitters to the on-field glory, to the postgame locker room celebration. Game of My Life San Diego Chargers is the perfect gift for Chargers fans!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613219218
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Series:	Game of My Life
Pages:	212
Sales rank:	1,068,412
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jay Paris is a celebrated sports journalist and the author of Game of My Life San Diego Chargers. A three-time recipient of awards from the Pro Football Writers Association of America, Paris has served as web editor for Mighty1090AM.com, a Southern California sports site, since 2014.

Dick Enberg (1935-2017), a veteran of 60 years of sports broadcasting and the author of two bestselling books, is the only person to win National Emmy Awards as a sportscaster, writer, and producer. He was inducted into the National Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, National Sportscaster and Sportswriters HOF, Pro Football HOF, National Basketball HOF, National Baseball HOF, Rose Bowl HOF, and Academic All-America HOF. Having joined NBC Sports in 1975, Enberg served as the play by play voice of a variety of sporting events, including but not limited to World Series, Super Bowls, Rose Bowls, and pro basketball, golf, and tennis championships. In 2000, he joined CBS Sports and ESPN. After seven seasons (2010-2016) Enberg concluded his role as the TV voice of the San Diego Padres on FSSD. A former college professor, he continued in his 30th year as the spokesperson for the collegiate Academic All-America Hall of Fame program.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dick Enberg vii

Chapter 1 Paul Lowe 1

Chapter 2 Ron Mix 10

Chapter 3 Lance Alworth 19

Chapter 4 Leslie "Speedy" Duncan 28

Chapter 5 Doug Wilkerson 36

Chapter 6 Charlie Joiner 44

Chapter 7 Dan Fouts 54

Chapter 8 Hank Bauer 63

Chapter 9 Rolf Benirschke 70

Chapter 10 Ed White 80

Chapter 11 Jim Laslavic 88

Chapter 12 Billy Ray Smith Jr. 96

Chapter 13 Burt Grossman 107

Chapter 14 John Carney 119

Chapter 15 Natrone Means 129

Chapter 16 Darren Bennett 138

Chapter 17 Dennis Gibson 149

Chapter 18 Craig Whelihan 161

Chapter 19 LaDainian Tomlinson 172

Chapter 20 Donnie Edwards 181

Chapter 21 Nick Hardwick 195