HC DJ THE PROS by Robert Liston Herb Score Stan Musial Bob Feller Dick Williams

Description: Title: The Pros Author: Robert Liston Publisher: Platt & Munk (1968) Description What it takes to be a pro in major sports. From the flap:Raymond Berry of the Baltimore Colts is a nearsighted man, five steps slower than other ends in pro football and a good deal smaller and lighter than most. Why then is he listed in the record books as the greatest pass catcher ever to play in the NFL? . Dick Williams was an undistinguished “utility man” with the Los Angeles Dodgers and then a minor league manager of no great renown. How was he able to take the Boston Red Sox, a ninth place team in 1966, and somehow, miraculously, turn them into 1967's pennant winners? Billy Casper is far less well known than Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Yet Casper is actually number three on golf's all-time money-winning list. What are the secrets of Casper’s silent, steady success? In this unique and provocative book, Robert Liston has talked to 13 greats in the world of professional athletics and set down their honest answers to questions that sports fans everywhere are curious about. What kind of man plays pro ball? Are ballplayers more intelligent than the rest of us who watchtheir heroic feats in ball parks or on TV screens? Is it luck or talent that spells success in professional athletics? Answering these questions and many others under Mr. Liston’s skillful guidance, the sports stars in this book provide a fascinating close-up portrait of what the American pro athlete is really like. At the same time they reveal many absorbing secrets of their professions. Bob Feller, for example, describes how he threw the amazing fast ball that earned him the nickname of ‘‘Rapid Robert.’ Johnny Unitas discusses the tricks and secrets of being a pro quarterback. And Billy Casper analyzes the problems of playing tournament golf. There is plenty of fuel for controversy here, too, as these athletes talk frankly about the men they have played with and against. A rich and entertaining inside view of professional football, baseball, golf, basketball and hockey, The Pros is the year’s most exciting sports book. ROBERT LISTON, who sometimes de- scribes himself as ‘“‘a militant non-athlete,’’ is actually a tennis player of considerable skill. Mr. Liston grew up in Ohio and graduated from Hiram College there. During the Korean War, he edited a frontline newspaper and after the war worked as a reporter for theBaltimore News American, specializing in crime stories. He is the author of several books, among them The Dangerous World of Spies and Spying and Great Detectives, published by Platt & Munk. JO POLSENO who did the portraits of the men in this book, is a sports fan who is particularly excited by pro football. Mr Polseno attended the Whitney Art School in New Haven, where he took a degree in Fine Arts, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Marseilles. His illustrations appeared in leading magazines a nave dozens of books. Condition:Very Good - Some age wear. Ghost of price sticker on rear endpaper. Dustjacket - Good with typical age wear & wear to edges. See all photos. Detailshardcover 275 pages approx 7" 9 1/2"Platt & Munk 1st edition 1968 Terms (payment, shipping, tax, returns, feedback, etc.) Please read before buying U.S. bidders only Payment Please pay within 48 hours of winning. eBay managed payments Shipping Shipping will be $7.25 and will be shipped USPS media mail with tracking. We may upgrade your package at our discretion to USPS Ground Advantage. Package will be shipped within 4 business days after payment - usually faster. The USPS can be notoriously slow, it could take 2-3 weeks for delivery. 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