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The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter
Random House
September 2000
On Sale: September 2, 2000
256 pages
ISBN: 0812992326
EAN: 9780812992328
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Non-Fiction Memoir
George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the
sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears,
the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in
a home dominated by her three football-obsessed older
brothers and her father's relentless schedule, Jennifer
Allen came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and
win-at-all-costs mentality. Buffeted by the coach's tumultuous firings and hirings, the
Allen family was periodically propelled to new teams in new
cities. And while her French-Tunisian mother attempted to
teach Jennifer proper feminine etiquette, the author dreamed
of being the first female quarterback in the NFL. But as she
grew up, she yearned mostly to be someone her father would
notice. In a macho world where only foot-ball mattered, what
could she strive for? Who could she become? Allen has written a poignant memoir of the father she tried
so hard to know, about a family life that was willfully
sacrificed to his endless fanatical pursuit of the Super
Bowl. What emerges is a fascinating and singular
behind-the-scenes look at professional football, and a
memorable, bittersweet portrait of a father and his
daughter, written in a fresh and perceptive voice.
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