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Also by Everson Walls:

A Gift for Ron, November 2009
Hardcover

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A Gift for Ron, November 2009
Hardcover

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Football, August 2014
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Over Time, May 2012
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Bliss, Remembered, August 2011
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A Gift for Ron, November 2009
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The Entitled, May 2007
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The Old Ball Game, April 2006
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A GIFT FOR RON
By: Everson Walls, Kevin B. Blackistone, Frank Deford

Friendship and Sacrifice On and Off the Gridiron

The Lyons Press
November 2009
On Sale: November 3, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 1599215322
EAN: 9781599215327
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Sports

A Brian’s Song for a new generation, featuring two pro football stars known to millions of fans

“Everson Walls’s display of unselfishness was the ultimate example of teamwork. A life lesson for us all.”

—James Brown, CBS Sports/Showtime

“[This] moving story of courage, sacrifice, and offering the ultimate gift to save a friend’s life is truly inspiring.”

—Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay, legislative sponsor of the Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift of Life Act of 2009

After fourteen seasons as an NFL star, Everson Walls retired to his hometown of Dallas, Texas. He and former Cowboys teammate Ron Springs worked together on charities, and their families became close. But, as time passed, Ron could no longer conceal the ravaging effects of his diabetes. Before Walls knew it, his friend’s life was on the line. In A Gift for Ron, Walls tells the moving story of how he witnessed the suffering of his former mentor and his family and, on hearing that a potential kidney donor had fallen through, learned that he and Ron shared something truly precious: a blood type. Walls knew his only option—to donate a kidney to save his friend’s life.