Both Sides of the Line: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Twisted Legacy of a Football Coach

Kirjan Both Sides of the Line: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Twisted Legacy of a Football Coach (2025) on kirjoittanut Kevin Kelly. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Bancroft Press. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 348 sivua ja se on nidottu.

<p>Kevin Kelly's memoir, <em>Both Sides of the Line, is a gripping, unforgettable story about a lower middle-class kid in the turbulent Boston of the 1970s whose football team, perennial losers, rise to championship level one season because of a charismatic young coach. <p>Clyde Dempsey, a brilliant high school, college, and semi-pro player in his own right, inculcates his charges with a unique mantra ("technique, quickness, desire") that helps them overcome their weaknesses. He also has a warm spot in his heart for his "kids" and helps them find their way to college when otherwise their education would stop with high school graduation. <p>The coach, however, has a very dark other side&#8213;he's a collector for the Boston mob. Eventually, his mob job, his anger, and his affinity for cocaine get the better of him. He brazenly commits a murder in a heavily populated Boston bar, disappears, and is only brought back to face charges when someone in Toronto recognizes him during an episode of "America's Most Wanted. " <p>Dempsey, and his championship season, become lifelong obsessions for Kevin Kelly, who tries to bring his teammates together to assess how such a good man could also be such a bad man, too.