Touchdown Tony

Author: Tony Nathan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501118536
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Touchdown Tony

Touchdown Tony by Tony Nathan, Touchdown Tony Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Touchdown Tony books, The true story from which the inspirational movie Woodlawn starring Jon Voight, Sean Astin, and C. Thomas Howell, is based on African American running back Tony Nathan and his experiences on a mostly white team in 1970s Birmingham, Alabama, and how his courage and superb athletic ability helped heal a city, propelling him on to a successful football career as both a player and a coach in the NFL. When Tony Nathan got his hands on a football, it was like Superman putting on his cape. He stepped onto the field and became a different person—a hero destined to change the course of Alabama history. Somehow, when he held a football, he knew exactly what to do, and it was those instincts that helped him navigate life in one of the most tumultuous cities in America. In this powerful memoir, Tony reveals how he summoned the courage to “run with a purpose” during the times when racial tensions were at their highest as he grew from a boy trapped by the racial divide in Birmingham, Alabama, into a successful man and football hero. Tony’s courage, character, passion, and strength contributed to his impressive career on the field—including two Super Bowls with the Miami Dolphins—and then as a coach who helped train other winning players. Inspirational and uplifting, Touchdown Tony is not only a behind-the-scenes look at a great football player’s life and career, it is also a story of redemption and one man’s hope to change the future.

Language: en
Pages: 256

Touchdown Tony

Authors: Tony Nathan

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-15 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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The true story from which the inspirational movie Woodlawn starring Jon Voight, Sean Astin, and C. Thomas Howell, is based on African American running back Tony Nathan and his experiences on a mostly white team in 1970s Birmingham, Alabama, and how his courage and superb athletic ability helped heal a

Language: en
Pages: 343

Touchdown Tony Crowne and the Mystery of the Missing Cheerleader

Authors: Peter Guy George

Categories: Juvenile Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-31 - Publisher: Hornbeck House

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A family-friendly sports mystery packed with action and adventure…for the 9 to 12 age group... Tony Crowne is a backup quarterback and aspiring detective who has his share of troubles: He hates the nickname his father gave him, his eighty-pound dog clobbers his mother and grandfather at breakfast and he

Language: en
Pages: 104

Tony's Last Touchdown

Authors: Benjamin Jarman

Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-01 - Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

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Easy-to-read, fast-paced, action-packed sports-themed stories will entice readers as they follow along with the main character in each story who faces, and then solves, interesting life challenges. Simultaneous.