{"title":"Bob Griese","description":"\u003cp\u003eBOB GRIESE is a two-time All-American quarterback, two-time Super Bowl champion, and Pro Football Hall of Famer. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePerfection: The Inside Story of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' Perfect Season\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGriese was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. During fourteen seasons with the Miami Dolphins, he earned six Pro Bowl selections and was the first Dolphins player to have his number retired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Griese spent more than two decades as a national college football analyst for ABC, a role he held from 1987 until retiring in 2011. That career-long immersion in the game informs his detailed account of the Dolphins' undefeated 1972 season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Griese’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perfection","title":"Perfection: The Inside Story of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' Perfect Season","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe inside story of the only undefeated team in NFL history, the 1972 Miami Dolphins--by the Hall of Fame quarterback who led it to victory\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHall of Fame quarterback and long-time ABC college football announcer Bob Griese is a living football legend. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Miami Dolphins' incredible championship season, Griese tells the behind-the-scenes story of the team both on and off the field as it achieved a feat no other team has ever succeeded in matching: perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll see Griese shocked in his first meeting with Joe Robbie as the Dolphins owner balanced big contract figures and a staggering number of drinks. You'll hear Griese meeting Don Shula for the first time and being ordered to start staying in the pass pocket rather than scrambling. \"Build me a pocket and I'll stay in it,\" Griese told Shula. You'll understand the friendship and on-field relationship developed between Griese and Paul Warfield after they became the Dolphins' first inter-racial roommates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll follow Griese through a storied season that began with him wondering just how good the Dolphins actually were and ended with him awarding the game ball in the winning Super Bowl locker room. Along the way you'll hear:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Shula implemented and Griese embraced the first use of situation substitution in the NFL and the controversy it caused in a backfield of Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick and Mercury Morris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lengths to which NFL players of that era kept themselves on the field, including regular trips from the hospital bed to the playing field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsight and anecdotes from Hall of Fame players Warfield, Csonka, Nick Buoniconti, Jim Langer, and Larry Little as well as Griese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked with behind-the-scenes drama and on-the-field excitement, \u003ci\u003ePerfection\u003c\/i\u003e is a book every football fan will want to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1118218094\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781118218099\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Bob Griese","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43282890195160,"sku":"9781118218099","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781118218099_FC_mockup_v2_1738767170_1241a158-f7ef-490e-9864-24cb33d71177.jpg?v=1791049017"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-bob-griese.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}