Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $5.92, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $29.32, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Dutton Adult.
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Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $46.86, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of Only a Game Daley to cart. $52.05, good condition, Sold by Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Dutton Books.
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Good. Publisher: Date of Publication: Binding: hardcoverEdition: Condition: GoodDescription: Publisher: N A LDate of Publication: 1967Binding: hard coverEdition: Condition: Good/FairDescription: 8.5 In. edgewear, small tears on jacket, small triangular section missing on front cover of jacket, corner clipped on first page, 313 pages, text clean, binding tight, name marked out in black marker on inside of front cover, small tear on top of spine,
Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $114.15, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Dutton Adult.
Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by New American Library.
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Good in Good jacket. [6], 313, [1] pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. The inscription reads For Willie--I have read with admiration your America. Here is mine. Bob Daley Nov. 1967. Front and back covers has some hinge weakness and have been restrengthened with glue. Robert Daley has said that his time as the publicity director for the Giants and the stories he heard from the players served as an inspiration for Only A Game. In the era of Frank Gifford, Charley Conerly and Sam Huff, one may begin to wonder how aligned this fictional story is with the real life exploits of these original NFL superstars. Duke Craig, Ten years a Pro Football Star, is thirty-one. His body aches, his marriage is a mess but he still loves to win. He is clean-living, clean-thinking--and singleminded---a much admired hero of the football world. His teammates and next Sunday's game come first. Then he meets another woman. Robert Daley (born 1930 in New York City) is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 31 books, six of which have been adapted for film, and a hundred or so magazine articles and stories. Daley graduated from Fordham University in 1951 and served in the Korean War. He spent six seasons as publicity director for the New York Giants of the National Football League in the days of Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly and Sam Huff. He then worked on the staff of The New York Times for six years based first in Nice, then in Paris, covering stories in Europe and North Africa. Between 1971–72, he served as Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Its reasonable to acknowledge that there is or can be a difference between the man and the player that the fans know, a reality that Robert Daley, former New York Giants publicity director turned author, writes about in his book, Only A Game. Only a Game follows an aging “Duke” Craig Wallace, halfback for the fictional Big Red football team in the NFL, as he continues to excel on the gridiron at age 31, but isn't sure for how much longer. His efforts on the field have earned him the accolades of an All American sports hero, constantly being interviewed by newspapermen on his discipline and unmatched skillset. Men and women approach him at restaurants and social gatherings, asking for autographs as they shower him with praise. He's married with two children, and his son, Bobby, gets excited when he can invite his friends to play football with his father in the front yard. To the world, Duke Craig is the man that has it all; fame, money and a grounded family life. But to Duke himself, he's just another man who feels that life is passing him by, if it hasn't passed him already. The course of the season in which the novel occurs begins in the second to last exhibition game in Nashville, where Duke meets a model named Margie Berger who is sponsored by the Pepsi-Coal company to shoot commercials with the the children of the Big Red players. Immediately, Duke feels the nervousness of being around a beautiful woman, not quite finding the right words to say, like a young boy approaching a girl in school that he has a crush on. He senses that she too feels an attraction to him, but doesn't entertain the fantasy, not only because he is married, but the team owner, F.X. Boyd, a deeply religious man, believes she's the type of women that can attract bad publicity for the team, and could even corrupt the players. As the team travels back up their undisclosed northern city (presumably in New York), the readers get glimpse of Duke's home life. His wife, Carribel, a woman who's reluctantly accepted the role of a suburban housewife and mother, finds little pleasure in marriage anymore, longing to go back to the days when Duke and her were living in Texas in college, and everyone knew who she was. She passes her time by spending Duke's paychecks and gossiping with the other player wives, but doesn't have any interest in continuing to fulfill the domestic end of their...
Add this copy of Only a Game to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by New American Library / NAL.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Foxed, else very good in very good, age-toned dustwrapper. Inscribed by Daley to fellow author James Jones: "For Jim-With lasting admiration and thanks for last time. Bob Daley. Nov. 1967." A football novel, the author served as publicity director for the New York Giants for six years, as well as spending six years in Paris as a correspondent for *The New York Times*, presumably where he met Jones. Several of his books were adapted for the movies including *Prince of the City.*.
