Posted on 10/01/2011 9:42:23 AM PDT by EveningStar
Peter Gent, a writer whose book about the seamier side of football was made into a popular movie, "North Dallas Forty," has died in his native Michigan.
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Jason Garrett is so unemotional, on the sideline, that if you dressed him up in a fedora and suit, he would be just like
Tom Landry.
I like that.
But... his play calling needs work.
Never read the novel, but I did enjoy the movie. One of the better sports films made, IMHO.
(The best sports film of all time, of course, is Slapshot. :-)
Strange - I just re-read the book.
If the stories of self-abuse via drugs, booze, etc. are even partially true then he was lucky to last this long.
ping
One of the best sports books ever written. Much like Ball Four. I didn’t care for the movie so much.
Wow...could not agree more. My number 1 and 2 for sports movies. Good going...you must be a genius since you agree with me. ;)
RIP.
Got any more of those pain pills Poot?
I remember Gent playing for the Cowboys. He once said of himself, “What I lack in size and skill, I make up for in cowardice.”
He was one of a kind.
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