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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Everybody's All-American

Everybody's All-American

Deford, Frank

Paperback

General FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 0306813750
ISBN13: 9780306813757
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: Aug 1 2004
Pages: 366
Weight: 0.97
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Gavin Grey is everyone's All-American. A star running back at the University of North Carolina in the late 1950s, he graces the covers of Time and LIFE magazines and appears on the Ed Sullivan Show. Everyone wants a piece of him or to be around him to bask in his glory, including his nephew Donny, who narrates the story and is Gavin's only real confidant.After college, Gavin goes on to the NFL where he has a solid career. As his playing days wind down and the cheering stops, however, he finds the adjustment to life as an ex-athlete difficult to accept. His wife Babs goes off to work, becomes the primary breadwinner for the family while Gavin continues to trade on his memories of old times, when he was everybody's All-American.

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