jasonhintze's review against another edition
4.0
It was tough to get into this book at the beginning due to my unfamiliarity with the era Johnny U grew up in. However, towards the middle and end of the book I found myself much more interested. It’s a good book portraying what football was like back then, and Johnny U’s impact on the game.
yulelogue's review against another edition
1.0
There's probably better biographies of Johnny Unitas. Hopefully. A lot of focus on the Colts and Unitas' teammates, and not always as to how Unitas related to them. For large stretches, Unitas is not even mentioned and Callahan goes into great detail about characters like Johnny Sample.
More so, Callahan virtually ignores Unitas' first wife, Dorothy, who he briefly addresses as being a highly controversial character, with whom Unitas had five children. To my memory, none of the five are mentioned by name. He also almost ignores Unitas' second wife, with whom he had three other children.
Unlike Jane Leavy's biography of Mickey Mantle, Callahan keeps the "life" of Unitas out of "The Life and Times of John Unitas." Very disappointing.
For a better book about the Baltimore Colts, try "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about the 1958 Championship game, which covers all you need to know.
More so, Callahan virtually ignores Unitas' first wife, Dorothy, who he briefly addresses as being a highly controversial character, with whom Unitas had five children. To my memory, none of the five are mentioned by name. He also almost ignores Unitas' second wife, with whom he had three other children.
Unlike Jane Leavy's biography of Mickey Mantle, Callahan keeps the "life" of Unitas out of "The Life and Times of John Unitas." Very disappointing.
For a better book about the Baltimore Colts, try "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about the 1958 Championship game, which covers all you need to know.
lulu_b_reads's review
Started while kids were babies. I really liked it. Just got too busy. Would like to try it again sometime.
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